A federal indictment charges Johnston resident Daniel Stamp with transporting child sexual abuse material and possessing a phone containing an image involving a child younger than 12. The case, as described in a criminal complaint and affidavits reported by KCCI, involved a border referral, files investigators said they found on Stamp’s phone, and about 3.5 terabytes of data on devices at his home.
According to KCCI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred Stamp for secondary inspection after he arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from Spain in early May. The criminal complaint cited by the station says the inspection followed a report about online payments to an account suspected of distributing child sexual abuse images.
KCCI reported that Homeland Security Investigations agents found photos and videos in the Trash folder of Stamp’s phone Gallery app. Agents said the files appeared to show prepubescent boys and met the legal definition of child sexual abuse images, according to the station.
What investigators say Stamp told them
According to the affidavit described in KCCI’s report, Stamp waived his Miranda rights and told investigators he had received and viewed material he understood to be child sexual abuse images through Telegram for multiple years. He also said other media devices at his Johnston home contained about 3.5 terabytes of data, which allegedly included child sexual abuse images.
A separate Virginia affidavit says Stamp told investigators he exchanged what he called “teen media” on Telegram with someone he referred to as “the teacher.” Investigators later linked that Telegram account to Kenneth Wolff, according to KCCI’s account.
Des Moines bar ends professional relationship with Stamp
The Blazing Saddle, a bar in Des Moines’ East Village, said it ended its professional relationship with Stamp, who performed as DJ Stampy. The bar said it had not been affiliated with him since May, the month CBP flagged his arrival at O’Hare.
The bar condemned child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and predatory behavior in all forms, and said it worked to create safe spaces and protect trust, KCCI reported. Stamp is expected to appear in federal court in December.
What border policy and national reports can show
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says its general border inspection authority includes electronic devices, but that guidance does not establish that officers searched Stamp’s phone at O’Hare. The public account describes a secondary inspection and investigators’ findings, but does not specify where the phone was searched. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, CyberTipline reports surpassed 36.2 million in 2023, an increase of more than 12% from the prior year. The reports concern suspected exploitation; the national total does not measure local prevalence or establish facts about Stamp’s case.
