Omaha Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Production of Child Pornography

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Percy J. Bush, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 2, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for production of child pornography. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Bush to 324 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Bush’s release from prison, he will begin a life term of supervised release.  Bush was also ordered to pay $63,000 in restitution to the victims of his crime.

On December 11, 2022, an FBI Child Exploitation Task Force Officer based in Washington, D.C., was acting in an undercover capacity as part of a Child Exploitation Task Force.  The undercover officer was investigating a fetish website where users were known to trade original images of underage children and links containing child pornography. A user using the screen name, ‘Jedipb01,’ eventually identified as Percy Bush, initiated a private chat with the undercover officer within the fetish website and on KIK instant messenger.

During the chat, Bush sent the undercover officer an image of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor victim who was 6-8 years old.  Law enforcement determined that between March 2022 and December 2022, Bush used the minor victim to produce visual depictions of the minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. During the chat with the undercover officer, Bush also sent a Mega link containing videos depicting preteen girls and boys being sexually abused by adults.

On December 11, 2022, a search was executed by the FBI at an Omaha residence where Bush had been located.  A forensic examination of Bush’s phone and several email accounts identified approximately 101 video files and 1,481 image files of child sexual abuse material. The age range of the children depicted in the materials was between 2 and 14 years old.

Bush was convicted previously of possession of child pornography in 2016 in Douglas County District Court.

This case was investigated by the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.