BLAIR, Neb. -- A 42-year-old Blair man has been sentenced to five years in prison for child pornography charges. 

The U.S. Attorney said that Daniel Hutsell, former assistant principal with Blair Community Schools, was sentenced on June 28 in federal court in Omaha for distribution of child porn. 

Hutsell was sentenced to five years in prison, five years on supervised release, and will be required to register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system. 

Court documents said that on or about Sept. 13, 2021, Stelivo, LLC, a business that runs several real-time chat websites, including one that identified an image of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct that was distributed through its server.

Through a cybertip, Stelivo reported that a user with an account on the website sent the images to others on the site.

The image showed an 8- to 10-year-old female child exposing her genitalia in a sexually explicit manner.

Stelivo captured the IP address of the user account that was used to distribute the image. Law enforcement got information related to the IP address, which ultimately identified Hutsell as the subscriber and that he lived in Nebraska.

Stelivo identified additional uploads of images from the same username and IP address using the website, which included about 10 images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

On Nov. 30, 2021, law enforcement executed a search of Hutsell’s home in Blair.

At the time of the search warrant, Hutsell, an assistant principal with Blair Community Schools, admitted to law enforcement that he used a computer and the website to trade pornography.

Hutsell admitted he had seen the previously mentioned image of the 8- to 10-year-old female child exposing her genitalia in a sexually explicit manner.

This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.