United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid
City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Receipt of
Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
Nikolas John Larson, age 39, was charged on December 17,
2019. Larson appeared before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann on January 8, 2020, and pleaded not guilty to
the charges. The maximum penalty upon
conviction is a mandatory minimum of 5 up to 20 years in federal prison and/or a
$250,000 fine, up to lifetime supervised release, and a $100 assessment to the
Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution
may also be ordered.
The charges relate to Larson receiving and possessing child
pornography between January 2009 and October 2019 at Rapid City. The charges are merely an accusation and
Larson is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The investigation is a joint effort between the South Dakota
Division of Criminal Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Rapid City Police Department, and the
Pennington County Sheriff’s office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Collins is
prosecuting the case.
Larson was released pending trial. A trial date has not been set.
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