Lincoln Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography
James Dennise Barratt, 40, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 19, 2026, 6:24 p.m. ET
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Aug 23, 2026, 1:09 p.m. ET
Lincoln Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography
James Dennise Barratt, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 7, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Barratt to 120 months' imprisonment, followed by a 10-year term of supervised release. Barratt was also ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution to the identified victims.
Between August 28, 2023, and November 4, 2023, Verizon reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children five Cybertips of a user uploading child pornography. A Nebraska State Patrol investigation led to the identification of Barratt as the individual responsible. A residential search warrant was executed at Barratt's Lincoln home on March 21, 2024, and for his cloud-based storage account. Law enforcement located 660 images of child pornography on Barratt's cell phone, and 17 images and 9 videos on his cloud-based storage account. Barratt was interviewed and admitted to looking at child pornography for about five years prior to getting caught.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.
Aug 19, 2026, 6:24 p.m. ETFirst report
Lincoln Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography
In an announcement dated August 7, 2026, the official announcement record of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska states that United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that James Dennise Barratt, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 6, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Barratt to 120 months' imprisonment, to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Barratt was also ordered to pay a total of $9,000 in restitution to the identified victims.
The same record states that between August 28, 2023, and November 4, 2023, Verizon reported five Cybertips to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a user uploading child pornography. An investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol identified Barratt as the individual responsible. On March 21, 2024, law enforcement executed a residential search warrant at Barratt's Lincoln home and for his cloud-based storage account, locating 660 images of child pornography on his cell phone, as well as 17 images and 9 videos of child pornography on his cloud-based storage account.
According to the announcement record, Barratt was interviewed and admitted to looking at child pornography for about five years prior to getting caught. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse, led by United States Attorney's Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. The case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.
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