SIOUX CITY – A convicted Iowa sex offender has been entenced to 11 years in federal prison for using networks to own and distribute child pornography images.
Joshua Pedersen, 46, from Moville, Iowa, was sentenced July 28, 2023, to 11 years in federal prison for Possession of Child Pornography.
Evidence in the case established that between November 2018, and December 2019, Pedersen used Internet-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks “Kik” and “Skout” to knowingly receive and distribute child pornography. Pedersen also admitted he distributed child pornography to a minor to persuade the minor to create and send him child pornography. Pedersen has a prior conviction for Dissemination and Exhibition of Obscene Materials to Minors, and multiple convictions for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
Pedersen was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand to 132 months’ imprisonment. He was also fined a total of $5,000. Pedersen must also serve a 5-year term of supervised released following the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kraig R. Hamit.
