As the result of an investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department and Homeland Security, a man from Omaha convicted on child porn offenses, was sentenced Wednesday to serve nearly 12 1/2 years in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. Acting U-S Attorney Jan Sharp, with the District of Nebraska, said 33-year old Nicholas Andrew Travis received his sentence Wednesday, following his conviction for Receipt of Child Pornography. After his release, Travis will be required to serve a 5-year term of supervised release, and is required to register as a sex offender. He was also ordered to pay $33,000 in restitution and a $100 special assessment.

On Jan. 24, 2020, special agents and task force officers with Homeland Security executed a search warrant at Travis’ apartment at the Open Door Mission, in Omaha. They seized his cell phone, which Travis admitted he used to download child porn from the internet, while at his apartment in Omaha. A forensic examination of the phone revealed 3,127 images and videos depicting children, specifically girls between the ages of three and  10, engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The case was brought to the court as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice.