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Omaha Man Sentenced for Receiving Child Pornography

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joseph Arner, 51, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today for receipt of child pornography.  Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Arner to 66 months in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Arner will serve a five-year of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.

The case arose from a Cybertip related to a user sharing an image in a chatroom on Chatstep.  In February 2018, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Arner’s residence and seized Arner’s laptop computer. Law enforcement then conducted a forensic examination of the computer and located more than 100 images and 20 videos depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a minor, including prepubescent minors as young as 10.

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 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and 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.justice.gov/psc.

This case was investigated by the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force.

Updated September 20, 2019

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Project Safe Childhood