A U.S. District Judge has sentenced (Sept. 22, 2025) a 23 year old woman from Pierre convicted of Possession of Child Pornography.
Mickenzie Tucker was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $27,000. She was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Tucker was ordered to self-report to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service earlier this week (Oct. 6, 2025).
Court information says between July 2023 and February 2024, Tucker received and distributed child pornography using instant messaging and social media platforms, including Discord and Wickr. Law enforcement began investigating Tucker in September 2023, based on CyberTips received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which indicated Tucker was using her Discord account to store child pornography. In February 2024, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Tucker’s residence in Pierre, seizing multiple electronic devices that contained child pornography. Tucker will forfeit ownership of those devices to the United States.
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 the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the Pierre Police Department and the FBI. Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Albertson prosecuted the case.
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