Omaha Man Sentenced to 90 Months for Possessing Child Pornography

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Alberto Mejia, 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 90 months’ imprisonment for possession of child pornography. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Mejia will begin a five-year term of supervised release. Chief Judge Rossiter ordered Mejia to pay restitution in the amount of $6,000.

On May 17, 2022, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Mejia’s Omaha residence in relation to an ongoing assault investigation. The search warrant allowed for the seizure of digital devices from the residence and searching of the digital devices for evidence related to child pornography. During execution of the search warrant, several digital devices were seized from the residence, including Mejia’s cell phone.

On Mejia’s cell phone, law enforcement located numerous videos and images of minors under the age of 12 engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

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 Bellevue Police Department.