Omaha Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Charge

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Lucas J. Lacy, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 20, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for Accessing with Intent to View Visual Depictions of Minors Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lacy to 10 years' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Lacy's release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

Lacy was sentenced on February 2, 2009, in the District of Nebraska for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography. He received a sentence of 60 months' imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release. On July 16, 2018, Lacy was sentenced in the District of Nebraska for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release.

On November 22, 2021, the United States Probation Office conducted a search of Lacy's residence in Omaha. The search recovered two unauthorized cellphones. One of the phones held at least one image of child pornography. Further analysis of the phone revealed at least 16 internet search terms indicative of 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.