Omaha Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Possession of Child Pornography

Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced that Drake C. Chrastil, Sr., 51, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Possession of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Chrastil to 168 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.  Judge Buescher ordered Chrastil to pay $3,000 in restitution and also ordered the sentence to run consecutive to a 40- to 50-year state sentence which he is currently serving. Chrastil will be required to register as a sex offender.

In May 8, 2019, while investigating Chrastil for sexual assault, the Omaha Police Department obtained search warrants of Chrastil’s residence.  Omaha Police ultimately recovered electronic devices from Chrastil’s residence and Chrastil himself.  Omaha Police conducted a forensic review of the recovered digital devices and found 344 images and 16 videos of minors ranging in age from 5 years old to 12 years old engaged in sexually explicit conduct.  Omaha Police determined that at least 300 of the images and 16 of the videos that were produced by Chrastil were of a victim in Nebraska. 

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 United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), 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 www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.