Timothy T. Duax U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
Bryce White, a 42-year-old resident of Dow City, Iowa, pleaded guilty on January 21, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City to charges of sexual exploitation of a child and receipt of child pornography.
During the plea hearing, White admitted that from August 1, 2023, to August 2024, he coerced minor females into sending him sexually explicit images and videos. He used Snapchat to pose as a minor and solicited nude images and videos from minors across the United States and internationally. In September 2023, law enforcement in Midland, Michigan began investigating after parents discovered inappropriate messages between their daughter and White on Snapchat. Authorities traced the account back to White in Dow City. Agents in Iowa executed search warrants on his electronic devices and found 14 videos and 180 images depicting child sexual abuse material, along with over 20,000 images categorized as child erotica. The materials included depictions involving sadistic or masochistic conduct as well as prepubescent children and toddlers.
"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/pscLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the “external link” icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link.. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/pscLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the “external link” icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. and click on the tab “resources.”"
White is awaiting sentencing before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand after completion of a presentence report. He remains in custody pending sentencing. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison with a maximum possible sentence of up to 50 years, fines up to $500,000, and at least five years of supervised release following imprisonment.
