Hawkeye Reporter

A man from Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse material. Jeremy Moore, 39, was previously convicted of interstate transportation of child pornography in 2008. He also received an additional eighteen months for violating his supervised release.

Moore pleaded guilty on January 31, 2025, to one count of receipt of child pornography. He admitted to receiving the material between January 2023 and April 2024. During this period, while living at a halfway house in Waterloo after his prior offense incarceration, Moore possessed an unauthorized phone containing the material.

In late 2024, during a search by officers from the United States Probation Office at Moore's home while he was on supervised release for his previous conviction, another phone was found. This phone contained over 600 images of child sexual abuse material. The images included victims under twelve years old and depictions of sadistic or masochistic conduct.

United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams sentenced Moore in Cedar Rapids to 210 months’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay $27,000 in restitution. Following his prison term, Moore must serve a ten-year supervised release period without parole.

Chief Judge Williams also sentenced Moore to an additional eighteen months for violating terms of supervised release by possessing prohibited materials and failing to comply with various conditions such as participating in mental health treatment and substance abuse testing.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse. It involves collaboration among federal, state, and local resources to prosecute offenders and rescue victims.

Moore remains in United States Marshal’s custody until he is transported to a federal prison. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony Morfitt with investigations conducted by multiple agencies including the United States Probation Offices for the Northern District of Iowa and Eastern District of Missouri, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.