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Lincoln Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska announced on August 7, 2026 that James Dennise Barratt was sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison for receipt of child pornography.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 19, 2026, 6:24 p.m. ET
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 on August 6, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis 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 Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. The case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.

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