Press Release
Sex Offender Found Guilty of Child Pornography Charges
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska
Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Timothy E. Caruso, 45, was found guilty on July 15, 2021 after a jury trial in Omaha, Nebraska, on charges of distributing of child pornography and accessing with intent to view child pornography. Caruso faces a sentence of imprisonment of not less than 15 years and up to 40 years. Chief United States District Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. will sentence Caruso on October 8, 2021 at 11 a.m.
Caruso was on federal supervision after a prior conviction for failing to register as a sex offender. In December 2018, Caruso uploaded an image of child pornography to a private section of Pinterest. Pinterest reported the upload to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The image was traced back to a Google account used by Caruso and sent from an IP address where he was staying. Further investigation discovered Caruso’s search terms indicating an interest in young girls. His messages on Pinterest included that he had lost his child pornography collection and was seeking to trade child pornography and acquire new images.
This case was investigated by the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lecia E. Wright.
Updated July 23, 2021
Topic
Project Safe Childhood