North Iowa Man Gets 21 Years in Federal Pen for Producing, Distributing Child Pornography

A north Iowa man who produced and distributed child pornography has been sentenced to over 20 years in federal prison. 

 Evidence at sentencing showed that in July 2021, 44-year-old David Garrison of Rockwell recorded a video of a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct and distributed child pornography to multiple people in May and August 2021. Garrison possessed thousands of photographs and videos of child pornography, which contained depictions of infants and depictions of child sexual torture or bondage. 

After law enforcement searched Garrison’s residence in January 2022, investigators say Garrison continued to possess child pornography. 

In March, Garrison pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and distribution of child pornography. On Monday (08.04), United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand sentenced Garrison to 252 months in federal prison and was ordered to make $16,000 in restitution to victims. He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

 Garrison is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

 The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, FBI, Iowa DCI, and Rockwell Police Department.