DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Coralville, Iowa man was sentenced on November 12, 2026, to 140 months in federal prison for two counts of possession of an unregistered firearm and one count of receipt of child pornography.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Edward Ian Whitehouse, also known as Kodi, 59, received numerous images and videos containing child sexual abuse material, including content with minors as young as infancy. Whitehouse messaged self-purported minors and made plans for the self-purported minors to travel to Iowa to meet with him and engaged in sex acts. Whitehouse was found to be in possession of numerous weapons and ammunition, including four rifles, two shotguns, two handguns, 15 different firearm magazines, an AR-15 rifle with a silencer attached, and a separate a rifle silencer. Neither silencer was registered to Whitehouse under the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Whitehouse will be required to serve an eight-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Whitehouse was also ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution.
United States Attorney David C. Waterman of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Coralville Police Department, Joint Forensic Analysis Cyber Team, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.
