Timothy T. Duax U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
A Sioux City man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing and distributing child pornography. Bryce Bock, 32, pleaded guilty on April 7, 2025, to charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography.
According to court documents and statements made during the plea and sentencing hearings, between July 1, 2022, and July 2, 2024, Bock coerced a minor under the age of 18 to participate in sexually explicit acts for the purpose of creating visual material. He used an application called Anonymous Chat to receive and send images of child pornography. Some images involved toddlers and depicted sadistic or masochistic conduct. A forensic analysis of his phone revealed he possessed 24 images containing child sexual abuse material, including pictures involving a known minor victim.
Bock received his sentence from United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand in Sioux City. In addition to a prison term of 240 months, Bock was ordered to pay $1,200 in fines and assessments. He will also serve five years of supervised release after completing his prison sentence. There is no parole available in the federal system.
Bock remains in the custody of the United States Marshals Service while awaiting transfer to a federal correctional facility.
The prosecution was conducted as part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative started by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse across the country. The program coordinates efforts among federal, state, and local agencies to investigate crimes against children and support victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.usdoj.gov/psc.
"This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”"
