CEDAR RAPIDS – A Grundy county man is facing a child pornography charge.
Michael Cottrell, age 43, of Reinbeck, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on August 27, 2015, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
The Indictment alleges that, between 2012 and 2014, Cottrell received and possessed child pornography.
If convicted, Cottrell faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of forty years’ imprisonment, a $500,000 fine, a $200 special assessment, and at least five years and up to life on supervised release following any imprisonment.
Cottrell appeared for a detention hearing on August 31, 2015, in federal court in Cedar Rapids and was released on bond. Cottrell’s next appearance for trial is set for October 26, 2015.
