Sioux City, Iowa – A Melvin man was sentenced to federal prison last week on two counts of Possession of Child Pornography.
According to federal prosecutors, 21-year-old Johnny E. Gutierrez admitted that between February 2016 and November 2019, he possessed visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including depictions involving a minor under 12 years of age. Gutierrez further admitted to distributing child pornography to other individuals. As a result of the investigation, officers recovered approximately 51 images and 26 videos of child pornography from Gutierrez’s computer hard drive and approximately 38 images of child pornography from his cell phone.
Gutierrez was sentenced to 4-years in federal prison on the charges. In addition, he was ordered to pay a total of $3,000 in restitution and serve a 5-year term of supervised release after his prison term is completed. There is no parole in the federal system.
