COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A US District Court Judge, Wednesday, sentenced a Pottawattamie County man to slightly more than 10-years in prison on a Child Pornography charge. 34-year old Ellis Dale Robinson, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced in Council Bluffs United States District Court, on a Possession of Child Pornography charge. Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger also ordered Robinson’s term of imprisonment to be followed by a seven-year term of supervised release.

In September 2017, a Douglas County (Nebraska) Sheriff’s Deputy was working undercover with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigating users sharing child pornography on a peer-to-peer file sharing network. Based on information derived from the investigation, a search warrant was executed on Robinson’s residence and a laptop computer was seized. The forensic exam produced numerous links to the peer-to-peer file sharing networks, videos and photos of child erotica, and child pornography.

Thes case was investigated by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, Omaha FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation – Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.