COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Monday (September 30), a Pottawattamie County man, 27-year old Jay R. Jahn, was sentenced in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, to five-years in prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. Jahn is also required to serve a five year term of supervised release following his imprisonment.

In July 2017, Carter Lake Police received a referral from the La Plata County Sheriff in Colorado regarding a 15 year old child who had received sexually explicit messages online from Jahn. A search warrant was obtained for Jahn’s residence, where officers located a computer and cell phone. A search of the electronic devices located images and videos of child pornography. Jahn pleaded guilty to this charge in May 2019.

The case was investigated by the La Plata County, Colorado Sheriff’s Office, Carter Lake Police Department, and Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa