Lincoln Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that James Dennise Barratt, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 6, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Barratt to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Barratt is released from prison, he will begin a 10-year term of supervised release. Barratt was also ordered to pay a total of $9,000 in restitution to the identified victims. Between August 28, 2023, and November 4, 2023, Verizon reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children five Cybertips of a user uploading child pornography. A Nebraska State Patrol investigation led to the identification of Barratt as the individual responsible. A residential search warrant was executed at Barratt’s Lincoln home on March 21, 2024, and for Barratt’s cloud-based storage account. Law enforcement located 660 images of child pornography on Barratt’s cell phone, and 17 images and 9 videos of child pornography on Barratt’s cloud-based storage account. Barratt was interviewed and admitted to looking at child pornography for about five years prior to getting caught. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov . This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.