A 29-year-old Bettendorf man has been locked up for 12 long years after being convicted of distributing and receiving child pornography and being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm.
Jakob Paul Newberry, 29, of Bettendorf, was sentenced in federal court to a 12-year term of imprisonment for his crimes, which were uncovered through a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
According to court documents, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Newberry had shared files containing child sexual abuse material from an iCloud account. Officers subsequently obtained another tip that Newberry had uploaded child sexual abuse material using a Kik account as well.
During the investigation, officers found that Newberry had also utilized Instagram to obtain nude photographs of minor females and had attempted to extort the minors into sending other sexual images. As a part of the investigation, officers also found that Newberry was possessing firearms as an unlawful drug user.
Newberry’s sentence includes a 12-year term of imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. He will not be eligible for parole in the federal system.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement, praising the efforts of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office in bringing Newberry to justice.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc. For information about internet safety education, please visit https://www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the resources tab.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Weapons
- Source: Official Source ↗
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