Omaha Woman Sentenced to a Total of 292 Months for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Joyce M. Beauchamp, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 13, 2026, in federal court in Omaha, for Production of Child Pornography and Distribution of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Beauchamp to 292 months' imprisonment on the production count and 240 months' imprisonment on the distribution count. The sentences will be served concurrently. There is no parole in the federal system. After Beauchamp's release from prison, she will begin a five-year supervised release term.

On October 31, 2024, the FBI executed a search warrant at an Omaha residence and seized electronic devices for forensic examination. Investigators located numerous images and/or videos depicting child pornography and identified several individuals in the Omaha area who discussed and exchanged child pornography. The FBI identified Beauchamp as one of these individuals. In December 2022, Beauchamp took multiple nude photographs of two minor victims and sent them to another individual. The photos were sent in a text message string discussing the sexual abuse of children. In an additional message between Beauchamp and the individual, the individual sent Beauchamp an image depicting child sexual abuse material and Beauchamp explicitly described what a sexual encounter between Beauchamp, the individual, and the child might look like.

United States Attorney Lesley Woods said, "The children of Nebraska deserve protection from sexual predators like Beauchamp, and this office will spare no effort or resources in pursuing every threat to the children in our communities. There is no greater evil than the evil found in those who harm children in this unspeakable way."

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 Federal Bureau of Investigation.