A southeastern Nebraska man was sentenced to serve ten years in prison for his second conviction on charges of possessing child pornography.

Officials say Scott Wellensiek was on supervised release from the first conviction when he was arrested for the second.

Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Wellensiek, 43, of Dunbar, was sentenced by Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 10 years of imprisonment. After his release from prison, Wellensiek will begin a 15-year term of supervised release.

Wellensiek was previously convicted of possessing child pornography in federal court in Wyoming. He was sentenced to 7 days of imprisonment to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release. While on supervised release, he moved to Dunbar, Nebraska.

In September 2016, investigators with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office downloaded images of child pornography from a computer at Wellensiek’s residence. A search warrant was executed on October 3, 2016. Wellensiek admitted to downloading child pornography while on supervised release for a child pornography offense. He deleted the child pornography after downloading and viewing. The images downloaded by law enforcement from Wellensiek’s computer involved prepubescent children engaged in sexual activity with adults.

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.