CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man and his husband who downloaded child porn will spend a combined 16 years behind bars.
The sentences were handed down on December 31, 2015.
Frank Martinez, age 50, from Cedar Falls, Iowa, received a sentence of over 10 years’ imprisonment after an August 10, 2015 guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography. His husband Donald Wall, age 51, from Cedar Falls, received a sentence of over 6 years’ imprisonment after an August 21, 2015 guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. Information presented at the sentencing hearings showed that both defendants used the Internet to download child pornography.
Both defendants were sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Martinez was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment, he was fined $10,000, a special assessment of $100 was imposed, and he was ordered to make $2,500 in restitution. Wall was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment, he was fined $10,000, and a special assessment of $100 was imposed. Each defendant must serve a 10-year term of supervised release and 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.