Omaha Man Sentenced to 250 Months for Distribution of Child Pornography

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Joshua M. Meyer, 44, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 22, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for distribution of child pornography with a prior conviction. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Meyer to 250 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Meyer's release from prison, he will begin a 20-year term of supervised release. Meyer was also ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution to each of the six identified victims.

On August 18, 2023, Medialab/KIK (KIK) made a report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) indicating a KIK user uploaded files depicting child pornography between June 27, 2023, and July 17, 2023. The IP address associated with the CyberTip resolved to an Omaha residence belonging to Meyer. A member of the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force obtained a search warrant for Meyer's KIK account and, in reviewing the KIK account's contents, learned Meyer sent the child pornography files reported in the CyberTip to other KIK users between June 27, 2023, and July 17, 2023. During the investigation, KIK made three additional reports to NCMEC regarding users sharing child pornography on the social media application. The IP addresses associated with these reports also resolved to Meyer's residence.

During an interview, Meyer admitted to using the various KIK accounts reported to NCMEC to send child pornography to other KIK users and receive child pornography from other KIK users. Meyer is a registered sex offender. On February 6, 2014, Meyer was convicted of receipt and distribution of child pornography in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. Meyer was serving a 120-month supervised release term when he distributed child pornography in June and July 2023. Meyer acknowledged possessing a TracFone to circumvent restrictions placed on his known cell phone as part of supervised release. Meyer used this TracFone to access KIK and distribute child pornography.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorney's Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

This case was investigated by the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.