DAVENPORT, Iowa – A St. Louis, Missouri man was sentenced on September 22, 2026, to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor and possessing child pornography.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, on August 5, 2025, Bryan Nicholas Williams, 40, began messaging an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old female about sex acts and requesting photos. Williams arranged to meet in Iowa City less than a week later and he was arrested. Williams's phone was seized and a forensic search revealed Willams used the device to receive, view, and possess images and videos containing child sexual abuse material.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Williams will be required to serve a seven-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Williams was also ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution.
United States Attorney David C. Waterman of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Iowa City Police Department investigated the case.
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 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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 https://www.justice.gov/psc.