Omaha Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Transportation of Child Pornography

United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Jason C. Nottingham, age 39, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced on August 29, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for transportation of child pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Nottingham to 63 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Nottingham will be required to complete a 5-year term of supervised release.

Internet child pornography investigators began investigating a CyberTipline report from Yahoo! stating that a user had uploaded 37 files of child pornography between January 16, 2023, and January 19, 2023. Of the 37 files, 34 were videos and 3 were photos. One file was described as a 4-minute-and-9-second video, during which an adult male sexually assaulted a naked female, approximately 3 to 5 years old. The CyberTipline report indicated that at least one of the video files was attached to an email sent from Nottingham’s Yahoo! email account to his Gmail account on or about January 18, 2023.

On May 25, 2023, investigators executed a search warrant at defendant’s residence in Omaha. Investigators contacted Nottingham and advised him that the warrant was related to child pornography. Prior to the end of his interview with investigators, Nottingham acknowledged his use of the Yahoo! email account reported by in the CyberTipline report. The warrant authorized investigators to seize Nottingham’s electronic devices.

Investigators also executed search warrants to Google for the Gmail account and to Yahoo! for the Yahoo! email account. Within the return from Google, the agent observed several hundred images and videos of artificial intelligence (“AI”) -created child sexual abuse material.

Investigators forensically examined the defendant’s electronic devices. On his computer tower hard drive, they found 26 images of child pornography. On an external hard drive, investigators located several images of partially clothed young females, approximately 13-15 years. One of the females had “I’m 14 years old” written on her chest. Based upon the forensic examination, investigators believe that the images were obtained through chats on Facebook. Investigators also located “several hundred” images and videos of AI-created child sexual abuse material on the external hard drive.

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 United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), 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 www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations.