(Sioux City, Iowa) – A northwest Iowa man who received child pornography pled guilty Wednesday, August 20, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City. According to the U-S Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa, 32-year-old Wesley Ham, of Arthur, Iowa, was convicted of receipt of child pornography.

At the plea hearing, evidence showed that between March 2022, and September 2023, Ham received and possessed more than 94 images and 79 videos of child pornography. A forensic review of Ham’s computer and phone showed he possessed 370 images and 3 videos of child pornography, some of which included infants and toddlers as well as sadistic and masochistic conduct.

Ham admitted to receiving and possessing child pornography but not distributing it, although Ham did admit to distributing child pornography in a state of Iowa case in 2022.

Sentencing before a United States District Court Judge will be set after a pre-sentence report is prepared. Ham remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and at least five years of supervised release following any imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.