A 34-year-old Omaha man, Daron J. Brown, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for the production of child pornography. The sentencing took place on July 23, 2025, in Omaha’s federal court. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher presided over the case. After serving his sentence, Brown will be subject to a lifetime term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
The investigation began after a school social worker raised concerns about a minor’s relationship with an adult male and reported it to a school resource officer on October 29, 2023. The officer discovered that Brown had contacted the minor through Facebook and misrepresented his age as 19, turning 20, when he was actually 33 years old at the time and already a registered sex offender due to a previous conviction for Criminal Attempt, First Degree Sexual Assault in Douglas County District Court in 2018.
Law enforcement seized both Brown’s cell phone and one he had given to the minor victim during their investigation. Authorities found 532 images and 250 videos showing sexually explicit conduct between Brown and the minor victim on Brown’s device. Many of these files matched those found on the phone taken from the minor victim. Investigators also found screenshots of sexually explicit images captured during Facetime calls between Brown and the minor victim. It was established that Brown knew the victim was under 18 years old.
United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods stated: “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 Douglas County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation.
