08-05-2025
Muscatine man sentenced to 27 years for child pornography charges
A Muscatine man was sentenced May 6 for child pornography charges.
According to public court documents, law enforcement received CyberTips that an account determined to be associated with Calvin Carter, 29, contained files with child sexual abuse material. Law enforcement searched Carter's residence and seized electronic devices that had videos and images containing child sexual abuse material that Carter produced of a minor victim between 2021 and 2023. Carter's phone also contained additional images and videos of child sexual abuse material of minor males.
Carter was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for production and possession of child pornography. Following his sentence, Carter will be required to serve a ten-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the Iowa Department of Public Safety-Division of Criminal Investigation-Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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