LINCOLN, Neb. -- A 37-year-old Lincoln man was sentenced to 10 years for a second-offense of possessing child porn. 

Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Adam Bates was sentenced on Dec. 2 to 120 months in prison following his conviction for possession of child pornography.

After he completes his prison sentence, Bates will also serve ten years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, on July 1, 2016, Bates’ state parole officer contacted the Nebraska State Patrol to report that she found Bates in possession of a cell phone in violation of his parole conditions during a recent parole visit.

On July 8, 2016, investigators spoke with Bates who admitted he had cell phones. He consented to a search of the phones and investigators found child pornography saved on one of the phones.

Investigators obtained a search warrant to search Bates’s electronic devices.

Investigators found numerous images of child pornography on one of Bates’s phones.

At the time, Bates was on parole due to a 2011 conviction from Lancaster County for possession of child pornography.