A 60-year-old Swaledale man was sentenced yesterday in U-S Federal Court in Sioux City to six years in prison after he entered a guilty plea this past October to possession of child pornography.
Evidence showed that Thomas Alan Newman had received, distributed, and possessed images of child porn.
In May of 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from Facebook of a user trafficking in child pornography. After obtaining a search warrant, the content of Newman’s account was provided to law enforcement.
Upon further investigation, Newman admitted that he had shared about 50 videos of child porn.
Newman is being held in the custody of the U-S Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.
