Missouri Man Sentenced to 100 Months for Distribution of Child Pornography
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for obtaining more than 400 images of child pornography.
By News Channel NebraskaThe United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that 26-year-old Charles Ryan Croney, of Missouri, was sentenced in federal court on April 1, 2022, in Omaha.
He was sentenced for the distribution of child pornography. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Croney to 100 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay $36,000 in restitution. After completing his term of imprisonment, Croney will begin a 7-year term of supervised release.
On January 1, 2020, Croney uploaded two images of child pornography to an online chat group. On January 30, 2020, a federal search warrant was executed where he was temporarily residing in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Agents obtained his cellular phone and located about 400 images of child pornography. They later searched Croney’s online Discord account and located additional child pornography.
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The case was investigated by the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.