Lucas J. Lacy, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for accessing with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The sentencing took place on August 20, 2025, in federal court in Omaha. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher also ordered that Lacy serve a five-year term of supervised release after his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
Lacy has previous convictions related to child pornography offenses. In February 2009, he was sentenced in the District of Nebraska for receipt and distribution of child pornography and received a five-year prison sentence followed by five years of supervised release. In July 2018, he was again sentenced in the District of Nebraska for failure to register as a sex offender and received an 18-month prison sentence along with ten years of supervised release.
The most recent charges stem from a search conducted by the United States Probation Office at Lacy’s residence on November 22, 2021. During the search, officers found two unauthorized cellphones. One device contained at least one image of child pornography, and further analysis revealed at least sixteen 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.”
The investigation was carried out by the Omaha FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.
