DAVENPORT- On October 1, 2008, Tracy Alan Barnett, age 41, of Davenport, Iowa was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to twenty years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker. After serving his sentence, Barnett will be on supervised release for ten years, including a requirement that he properly register as a sex offender. Barnett was also assessed $100 for the Crime Victim Fund.

On October 22, 2006, the Davenport Police Department were dispatched to a residence in Davenport. A female resident stated that Barnett had moved in with her in July 2006. On this date, she had noticed some of her clothing missing and went to Barnett’s room to speak with him. Upon entering the room, she found her’s and her daughter’s underwear, other dolls and figures of a sexually suggestive nature, a blow up doll wearing clothing belonging to her and her daughter, and an image of a topless child on Barnett’s computer screen. The female subject was aware that Barnett was on the sex offender registry. Davenport Police officers approached Barnett, who was at the residence, and arrested him on state charges of failure to register as a sex offender.

Davenport Police obtained a search warrant and seized several items out of Barnett’s room including two computers, a printer, various computer disks and DVDs, and printed photographs of child pornography. While the search warrant was being completed, Barnett showed back up after bonding of jail and was re-arrested on state possession of child pornography charges.

On November 9, 2006, a federal complaint was filed and Barnett was arrested and has been detained. A forensic examination of the seized computer located over 600 images of child pornography.

This case was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Iowa as part of the Project Safe Child initiative. This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Davenport Police Department.