Lincoln男子因接收儿童色情内容获刑15年：曾有同罪前科、案发时仍在监管期
美国司法部内布拉斯加区联邦检察官办公室发布，Lincoln 男子 Jeffrey Ehlers 已于10月22日在位于 Lincoln 的联邦法院被判刑。
联邦检察官 Lesley A. Woods 宣布，Jeffrey Ehlers 现年67岁，住在内布拉斯加州 Lincoln，因在有同类前科的情况下接收儿童色情内容，被联邦地区法官 Susan M. Bazis 判处180个月、即15年监禁。联邦刑期没有假释；刑满释放后，他还将接受终身监管释放（supervised release），并被责令支付2,000美元，注入为此类案件受害者设立的基金。
据检察官办公室发布，案件源于国土安全调查局（HSI）Orlando 分局在2025年11月调查另一起网络线索（cybertip）案件，调查人员发现其嫌疑人曾通过一个网络账号向内布拉斯加州的一名个人发送儿童色情内容，案件随后移交 HSI 内布拉斯加方面，Jeffrey Ehlers 被确认是接收者。检视其网络账号发现多份涉及未成年女性的文件。
2025年12月16日，执法人员持住宅搜查令搜查其住所，查获三台电子设备；法证检视显示，三台设备中均存有儿童色情内容，三台设备合计查出约330份相关文件。
Jeffrey Ehlers 此前已有同罪前科：他曾于2019年11月27日在内布拉斯加区联邦法院因一项接收儿童色情内容罪被定罪，当时被判处84个月监禁、其后12年监管释放。本轮调查开始时，他正处于监管释放期间。
检察官办公室表示，此案是司法部「Project Safe Childhood（儿童安全项目）」的一部分——该全国性行动由司法部于2006年5月启动，由各联邦检察官办公室与刑事司儿童剥削与淫秽科牵头，统筹联邦、州与地方资源，打击利用互联网剥削儿童的行为，并识别、营救受害者。此案由国土安全调查局（HSI）调查。
Lincoln Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Receipt of Child Pornography Following a Prior Conviction
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska announced that Jeffrey Ehlers, 67, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 22, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography following a prior conviction.
United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that U.S. District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Ehlers to 180 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a lifetime term of supervised release, and he was additionally ordered to pay $2,000, which will contribute to funds established for victims of these types of cases.
According to the release, in November of 2025, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Orlando was investigating cybertips related to another individual. During that investigation, investigators discovered that their suspect had sent child pornography to an individual in Nebraska through an online account. The case was referred to HSI in Nebraska, and Ehlers was identified as the individual receiving the material. A review of Ehlers's online account revealed numerous files of minor females.
A residential search warrant was executed at his home on December 16, 2025. Three electronic devices were seized, and a forensic review found that each device contained child pornography. Approximately 330 files were located across all three devices.
Ehlers was previously convicted on November 27, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska of one count of receipt of child pornography. He was sentenced to 84 months' imprisonment with 12 years of supervised release to follow. He was on supervised release when this investigation began.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. It is led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.
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