CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who distributed child pornography using a cell phone was sentenced July 14, 2015 to 14 years in federal prison.
William Smith, age 34, of Jesup, Iowa, received the sentence after a March 2, 2015 guilty plea to one count of distribution of child pornography. At the guilty plea hearing, Smith admitted that, in June 2013, he used a cell phone to distribute child pornography.
Smith was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Smith was sentenced to 168 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed, and he must also serve an eight-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 Marion Police Department.
