An Omaha man was sentenced to 180 months in prison today for
distribution of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian
A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney
Joe Kelly of the District of Nebraska.
Lawrence R. Quignon, 51, pleaded guilty to distribution of
child pornography on April 23. U.S.
District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp of the District of Nebraska sentenced
Quignon to 15 years in prison and also ordered him to serve 10 years of
supervised release.
Quignon was identified via an investigation by the Nebraska
State Patrol into a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
CyberTipline report regarding an individual uploading child pornography onto an
online chat service. During the
execution of a search warrant at his home, Quignon admitted to uploading images
of child pornography through the online chat service. Quignon was previously convicted of first
degree sexual assault in the State of Nebraska, and is required by Nebraska law
to register as a sexual offender for life.
This case was investigated by the FBI Cyber Crimes Task
Force and Nebraska State Patrol. Trial
Attorney Nadia Prinz of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and
Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Norris of the
District of Nebraska prosecuted the case.
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