A SECOND SIOUX CITY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON ON FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES.
42-YEAR-OLD ANDREW GROSS WAS SENTENCED FRIDAY TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
PROSECUTORS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT SIOUX CITY POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE PARENTS OF A 15-YEAR-OLD THAT GROSS WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR CHILD THAT WERE SEXUAL IN NATURE.
GROSS AND THE MINOR VICTIM DISCUSSED SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES WHICH ALSO CONTAINED PHOTOS OF THE MINOR VICTIM.
EVIDENCE SHOWED GROSS POSSESSED THOUSANDS OF OTHER IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS CELL PHONE.
IN 2021, HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF OFFENSES RELATING TO AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE INVOLVING A MINOR IN MINNESOTA.
GROSS MUST ALSO PAY $3,000 IN RESTITUTION TO THE VICTIMS OF HIS CRIMES
