Missoula man sentenced to 15 years in prison for receiving thousands of images and videos of Child Sex Abuse Material

MISSOULA - A Missoula man who had stored tens of thousands of images and hundreds of videos of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.

Jamie T. Felde, 47, pleaded guilty in June 2026 to receiving child pornography.

U.S. District Judge William W. Mercer presided.

The government alleged in court documents that Felde had uploaded several files of Child Sexual Abuse Material online between 2021 and 2023. Cybertips from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children indicated someone was uploading CSAM files to Microsoft's Bing Image. Investigators eventually narrowed the activity to Missoula County and identified Felde as the source.

Using a warrant, law enforcement searched Felde's home and seized several phones, USB drives, external hard drives, and computer towers. A forensic analysis of the electronics showed that Felde had received and possessed 23,716 images and 643 videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Lowney prosecuted the case. The Missoula Police Department and Montana Division of Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation.

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 U.S. Attorneys' Offices and 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 Justice.gov/PSC.