CHICAGO — A north suburban man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for distributing thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of children.
Ronald Feder, 32, of Skokie, Illinois, offered to give child pornography to an individual he met online in exchange for what Feder thought would be access to molest the individual’s nephew and niece.
During a December 2017 meeting in a coffee shop in Lincolnwood, Illinois, Feder handed the individual a flash drive containing approximately 453 videos and 7,932 images of child pornography.
Unbeknownst to Feder, the individual was an undercover law enforcement officer, and the nephew and niece did not exist.
Feder was arrested at the coffee shop and has remained in custody since.
The online communication and coffee shop meeting occurred while Feder was free on bond in connection with a previous child pornography charge.
Feder pleaded guilty earlier this year to child pornography charges in both cases.
U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly imposed a total sentence of 25 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release.
In the first case against Feder, a grand jury in Chicago indicted him in 2016 for possessing a sexually explicit image of a minor under the age of twelve.
The conduct occurred while Feder was working as a civilian employee of the Armed Forces and living overseas.
Feder initially pleaded not guilty to that charge and was ordered released on bond in September 2016, with a condition of the release prohibiting him from accessing the internet.
Feder violated the bond condition when he went online and began communicating with the undercover officer.
Using the online aliases “Tom Bradly” and “Jack Wayne,” Feder engaged in online and telephone communications with the undercover officer prior to the meeting in the Lincolnwood, Illinois coffee shop.
