CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who distributed and received child pornography was sentenced July 24, 2013, to seven years in federal prison.
Gary Brummel, age 42, of Hull, Iowa, received the sentence after an April 17, 2013, guilty plea to one count of distributing child pornography and one count of receiving child pornography. At the guilty plea, Brummel admitted he knowingly used the Internet to distribute and receive child pornography.
Brummel was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Donald E. O’Brien. Brummel was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $200 was imposed, and Brummel must also serve a five-year term of supervised release. He must comply with all sex offender registration and public notification requirements.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
