Christopher Goins, Child Pornography, Iowa 2024

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A 47-year-old man from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for receiving and downloading child pornography. Christopher Goins, a resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced to 97 months’ imprisonment, which is approximately 8 years and 1 month.

The charges against Goins stem from his admission to knowingly receiving and downloading photos and videos of child pornography, including depictions of minors under 12 years of age, between December 2019 and December 2021. During a search of his home in December 2021, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized 33 storage devices containing over 600 images of child pornography.

Following his arrest on federal child pornography charges in January 2024, Goins stated that additional child pornography would be found on his phone. During a search of his home, FBI agents found child pornography on Goins’ laptop and additional storage devices he had obtained after his home was searched in December 2021.

Goins was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. He was also ordered to make $3,000 in restitution to a child victim depicted in videos and photos he possessed. Additionally, he must serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. Goins is currently being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.

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