Lincoln Man Sentenced for Receipt of Child Pornography

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Michael A. Nolte, age 38, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced August 29, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for receipt of child pornography. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Nolte to 60 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Nolte's release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

On July 25, 2022, KIK reported a CyberTip to NCMEC indicating that KIK user "stvhp44" had uploaded one file on or about July 19, 2022, which would be considered child pornography. The IP addresses associated with the CyberTip came back to a Nebraska residence belonging to Michael Nolte.

On December 15, 2022, the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force served a residential search warrant at Nolte's residence in Lincoln where Nolte resided with his family. During the contact with law enforcement, Nolte admitted to previously using the KIK messenger application on his phone but deleted the application.

During a forensic examination of a laptop belonging to Michael Nolte, law enforcement observed at least 553 photographs and at least 5 videos depicting child pornography. These photographs depicted toddlers and other children under the age of twelve, including files depicting sadism. These files also included depictions of fellatio, and digital, penile, vaginal and anal penetration. There were also at least 500 photographs depicting child erotica.

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