Christopher D. Brackett, Child Pornography, Nebraska 2023

A Bellevue man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing and transporting child pornography.

Christopher D. Brackett, 37, was convicted after a jury trial on all three charges: producing, transporting, and possessing child pornography.

The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Brackett to a term of imprisonment of 360 months for producing child pornography, 360 months for transporting child pornography, and 240 months for possessing child pornography. The sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

Brackett was previously convicted in Des Moines County, Iowa, for sexual exploitation of a minor. He photographed a 15-year-old female engaged in sexually explicit conduct. As a result of this prior conviction, he was subject to a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for producing child pornography.

Brackett traveled from Nebraska to Ohio on two occasions between May and August, 2013, where he photographed a 16-year-old girl engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He transported the images back to Nebraska. He met the girl online and began a relationship with her. He requested more sexually explicit images from her and, when she declined, he exerted pressure on her. When she attempted to end the relationship, he threatened to, and ultimately did, post advertisements on Craigslist purporting to be from the 16-year-old girl.

The girl confided in her parents and was brought to her local police department. On September 17, 2013, officers with the Bellevue Police Department in Nebraska executed a search warrant upon Brackett’s residence. Sexually explicit photos of the 16-year-old were found on a Sony laptop computer and Dell desktop computer in the residence.

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. Brackett will begin a 20-year term of supervised release after his release from prison.

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