Lang
9/17/25
A former City of Iowa City employee has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for Receipt of Child Pornography.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, during a 2023 investigation, an account later determined to be associated with 57-year-old Jeffrey Alan Guentert downloaded files containing child sexual abuse material. Law enforcement seized 87 electronic devices during a search of Guentert’s Iowa City residence and place of employment. Guentert was a City of Iowa City employee. Online records show he began working for the city as a custodian in 2020 before taking a position with the Iowa City Public Library.
A forensic examination of the seized electronic devices showed that Guentert used at least 44 of the devices to receive, view, and possess images and videos containing child sexual abuse material, including more than 5,000 images and 1,500 videos, between 2019 and 2023.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Guentert will be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Guentert was also ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution.