(Coon Rapids) A Coon Rapids man was sentenced to prison for receiving child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 38-year-old Brandon Embrey was sentenced last Thursday to more than eight years in federal prison. Embrey received the prison term after a September 20, 2020 guilty plea to receiving child pornography.
At the plea hearing, Embrey admitted that from September 2018 through April 2019, he received and possessed over 600 images of child pornography. Embrey utilized the Internet, Google Drive and Google Photos to receive and possess visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including depictions involving prepubescent minors or minors whom had not attained 12 years of age. Over 600 images of child pornography were found in Embrey’s online accounts. Embrey also admitted to being a user of methamphetamine.
Embrey was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Embrey was sentenced to 97 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a 5-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Embrey is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mikala Steenholdt and was investigated by the Iowa ICAC Task Force, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Coon Rapids Police Department.
