A Rockwell, Iowa man has been sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for producing and distributing child pornography. David Bradley Garrison, 44, pleaded guilty on March 6, 2025, to charges of sexual exploitation of a child and distribution of child pornography.
According to evidence presented at sentencing, Garrison recorded a video in July 2021 showing a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He distributed child pornography to several individuals in May and August 2021. Authorities found that he possessed thousands of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, including material involving infants and acts of torture or bondage. After law enforcement searched his home in January 2022, Garrison continued to possess illegal material.
United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand sentenced Garrison in Sioux City to 252 months in prison and ordered him to pay $16,000 in restitution to victims. Following his release from prison, Garrison will be subject to five years of supervised release. Federal prisoners are not eligible for parole.
“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.””
Garrison remains in custody with the United States Marshals Service until he is transferred to a federal facility.
The investigation involved multiple agencies: Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Investigation; and Rockwell Police Department.
