COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A man from Carter Lake was sentenced in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, Monday (Feb. 14th), in connection with a child pornography charge. Authorities say 29-year-old Zachery McCuen was sentenced to 96 months (8-years) in prison for Accessing Child Pornography. McCuen’s term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, McCuen pleaded guilty to the charge on October 1, 2021.

On January 18, 2019, Homeland Security received information that child pornography was being traded in a chat group on Kik messenger. One of the Kik users was identified as McCuen and in October 2018, he was communicating with, exchanging, and receiving images and videos of child pornography with another Kik user from California.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of Iowa.