Marshalltown Man Sent Back to Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offense

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Marshalltown man was sentenced on January 30, 2026, to 16 years in federal prison for attempted receipt of child pornography, while on federal supervised release.

In September 2025, following a two-day trial, a jury convicted Cory Marvin Baker, 54, of attempted receipt of child pornography. According to public court documents and evidence presented at trial, Baker was on federal supervised release for a 2013 conviction for possession of child pornography in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. During an unannounced visit at Baker's Marshalltown residence, United States Probation Officers conducted an authorized search of his bedroom and discovered a laptop, tablet, and cell phone. Baker was prohibited from possessing internet-capable devices, cameras, and cell phones without the approval of the Probation Office. A forensic examination of the seized electronic devices showed that Baker used the devices to search for child sexual abuse material.

In addition to his 2013 conviction for possession of child pornography, Baker was convicted in 2000 of sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Baker was ordered to serve an additional two-year prison sentence for violating his terms of supervised release. After completing his terms of imprisonment, Baker will be required to serve a 15-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

United States Attorney David C. Waterman of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigations, Urbandale Police Department, and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigated the case.

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 U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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 https://www.justice.gov/psc.