The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa said today (Friday), a western Iowa man was sentenced Thursday to prison for Possession of Child Pornography. 33-year old Steven Robert Hill, a a former Missouri Valley resident, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey, to 54 months (4 1/2 years) in prison to be followed by fifteen years of supervised release for possession of child pornography.

Hill entered a guilty plea to the charge on June 9th, 2016. The investigation began with a report of a domestic assault involving Hill as a victim. During the investigation, law enforcement learned Hill was in possession of child pornography. A search of Hill’s residence located data storage devices that contained child pornography images. Shortly after law enforcement obtained the images, Hill moved to the State of Washington.

The investigation was conducted by the Missouri Valley Police Department, the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force — Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.