Byron G. Morales, Child Pornography Distribution, Nebraska 2026

A 57-year-old Omaha man has been sentenced to 126 months in prison after pleading guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography.

Byron G. Morales, 57, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 18, 2026 in federal court in Omaha for receipt and distribution of child pornography.

Chief District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. handed down the sentence, which is the maximum allowed under federal law. Morales will serve 10.5 years in prison and will begin a five-year term of supervised release after his release from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

The investigation into Morales began on October 20, 2020 when Facebook, Inc. sent four files to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in a CyberTipline Report. The files were subsequently passed along to law enforcement to investigate.

On July 7, 2023, two FBI agents interviewed Morales at his place of employment. Morales admitted to receiving and possessing child pornography and provided the agents with his black Samsung Galaxy cell phone. The agents located multiple photographs and videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct on the phone.

Morales stated that he would typically receive the child pornography through Facebook and WhatsApp chat groups. He admitted to viewing child pornography beginning in 2018 through the spring of 2023.

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. 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.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-man-sentenced-126-months-receipt-and-distribution-child-pornography