Sioux City, Iowa — A Storm Lake man has pled guilty in federal court to one count of receiving child pornography.
According to authorities, 49-year old James Gailey admitted that in October 2017 he used a Dropbox account to receive child pornography. In addition, authorities say he admitted that he used a second Dropbox account to receive child pornography in January of 2018. Gailey also admitted that he received images and videos of sexual abuse or exploitation of victims as young as infants and toddlers, according to a release from the US Attorney’s Office.
According to prosecutors, Gailey will be sentenced once a presentence report is prepared. He was reportedly taken into custody by the US Marshal’s Service, and will remain in custody pending sentencing. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in a federal prison, and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, along with a $250-thousand fine and at least 5 years of supervised release following any imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.
Prosecutors say the case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2016 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
