CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa sex offender who preyed on children who a judge called a “a real and present danger to the community” has been sent to prison for 25 years.
Robert “Bobby” Lippstock, age 33, from Dubuque, Iowa received a 25-year prison term on February 13, 2023 after a September 27, 2022 guilty plea to receipt and possession of child pornography. Authorities say Lippstock posed as multiple teenagers to engage in sexually explicit communication with minors online and receive child sexual abuse material.
At the guilty plea, Lippstock admitted he received and possessed depictions of child pornography from 2019 to 2020. At a prior hearing, evidence established that Lippstock was previously convicted of attempting to meet with a minor at a local park. In this case, Lippstock again fooled minors into thinking he was their friend in order to facilitate sexually explicit communication with them. After gaining their trust, he successfully received and re-distributed child sexual abuse material online through at least eight separate social media aliases. In addition, Lippstock possessed child sexual abuse material on multiple electronic devices in his residence. At sentencing, the Judge stated Lippstock poses a real and present danger to the community, particularly to children.
Lippstock was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Lippstock was sentenced to 300 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a ten-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.