(Council Bluffs) A Little Sioux man was sentenced to prison for distribution of child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 47-year-old Jason Wickett was sentenced to 200 months in prison and eight years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Wickett pleaded guilty to the offense on April 22, 2020.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation began an investigation into Wickett from an online investigation of a TOR hidden services site, which is designed to conceal an internet user’s identity and activity, by the Federal Bureau of Investigations Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. The hidden services site was primarily operated to sexually exploit children. Wickett distributed child pornography on hidden service sites on the TOR network in November and December 2019. A search warrant was executed at Wickett’s residence on December 17, 2019. Law enforcement seized electronics that contained images and videos of child pornography.
This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations, and the Harrison County Sherriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
