OMAHA, Nebraska - A woman is sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison in federal court in Omaha Thursday for distribution of child pornography.

41 year old Casey Kountze will then serve five years of supervised release.There is no parole in the federal system.

Between September 1, 2017, and September 17, 2017, Kountze distributed videos of child pornography by making the videos available on the internet for other individuals to view.Following an investigation, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Kountze’s Omaha residence on February 16, 2018.Officers collected Kountze’s laptop computer which contained about 311 images of child pornography on the hard drive.The child pornography images included children under the age of 12 and prepubescent children engaging in sex acts.

The case was investigated by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.