CEDAR RAPIDS – Brady Verlo, age 22, of West Branch, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography. The charge is contained in an Indictment filed on January 28, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
The Indictment alleges that, in August 2013, Verlo received child pornography.
If convicted, Verlo faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and at least five years and up to life on supervised release following any imprisonment.
Verlo appeared today in federal court in Cedar Rapids and was held without bond. Verlo’s next appearance for a detention hearing is set for February 5, 2014.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Iowa City Police Department, and the West Branch Police Department.