RAPID CITY, S.D. – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced Thursday that U.S. District Judge
Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Child
Pornography. The sentencing took place on August 3, 2026.
Jackson Moss, 38, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised
release, and ordered to pay $15,095 in restitution and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime
Victims Fund. Forfeiture of several cell phones was also ordered.
Moss was indicted for the charge by a federal grand jury in March 2025. He pleaded guilty on April
21, 2026.
Between June and December 2024, Moss used Kik, an internet-based chat application and cloud
service, to search for, download, and view sexually explicit visual depictions of child pornography
to his cellular phone.
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.
Moss was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.