CEDAR RAPIDS – Joshua Leute, age 28, of Dubuque, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on May 27, 2015, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
The Indictment alleges that, between 2011 and 2012, Leute received and possessed child pornography.
If convicted, Leute faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of forty years’ imprisonment, a $750,000 fine, a $300 special assessment, and at least five years and up to life on supervised release following any imprisonment.
Leute appeared for a detention hearing on June 3, 2015, in federal court in Cedar Rapids and was released on bond. Leute’s next appearance for trial is set for July 27, 2015.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, the Davenport Police Department, the Dubuque Police Department, and the Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office.
