Daniel Hennigh

Introduction

Daniel Hennigh is a Las Vegas man who was sentenced in federal court to 35 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children, coercion and enticement, and possession of child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro imposed the sentence on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, together with 35 years of supervised release, according to a Department of Justice release . Court documents show that between April 27 and 28, 2025, Hennigh used social media applications to communicate with another individual about sexually abusing children, and that during that time he distributed a video he had produced of a child in his care .

Background Information

Hennigh’s case arose from his April 2025 communications on social media applications, in which he spoke with another individual about sexually abusing children. During that exchange he distributed a video of a child in his care — footage the court documents identify as having been produced by Hennigh himself . He pleaded guilty to four counts: one count of sexual exploitation of children, one count of coercion and enticement, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography . The case was investigated by the FBI’s Las Vegas Field Office and prosecuted in the District of Nevada, where Judge Gloria M. Navarro presided over the sentencing .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Pleaded guilty and sentenced. Hennigh admitted four child-exploitation counts — sexual exploitation of children, coercion and enticement, distribution and possession of child pornography — and received a 35-year federal sentence.

The conduct underlying the plea spanned April 27 and 28, 2025, when Hennigh communicated with another individual on social media applications about sexually abusing children and distributed a video he had produced of a child in his care . The four guilty pleas covered the full span of that conduct: producing the video of the child in his care (sexual exploitation), the online solicitation exchange (coercion and enticement), the distribution of the footage to the other individual, and his possession of child sexual abuse material . “Protecting children and holding those who harm them fully accountable remains one of the FBI’s highest priorities,” Christopher S. Delzotto, special agent in charge for the FBI Las Vegas Field Office, said in the release announcing the sentence .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The sentence was announced through the Department of Justice and reported in Las Vegas crime coverage the same week, with the reporting anchored to the FBI statement that protecting children and holding those who harm them “fully accountable” remains one of the bureau’s highest priorities . The consequence for Hennigh is a 35-year federal prison term followed by 35 years of supervised release — a combined post-custody control period that will run for the remainder of his expected lifetime outside prison . The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, the nationwide Department of Justice initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, which places Hennigh’s prosecution within the federal government’s documented enforcement record against online child exploitation .

Current Status

Hennigh is serving a 35-year federal prison sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro on November 10, 2026, to be followed by 35 years of supervised release, after guilty pleas to sexual exploitation of children, coercion and enticement, distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography. No appeal has been reported as of the sentencing coverage .

Impact on Their Career/Life

Hennigh’s 35-year sentence for producing and distributing a video of a child in his care — and for soliciting another individual online to abuse children — places him in federal custody into his senior years, with a supervised-release term of equal length waiting on the other side of the custodial portion. The court record fixes the admitted facts: the two-day April 2025 exchange with another individual about sexually abusing children, the self-produced video of the child in his care, and its distribution. Those admissions, made under four guilty pleas rather than a trial, permanently document his offending in the federal case record and the DOJ’s public release . At sentencing, the FBI Las Vegas statement on behalf of the investigating agency framed the outcome as the accountability the bureau’s child-protection priorities demand .

Sources

• CONVEN (Las Vegas Review-Journal report of the DOJ release), “A Las Vegas man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 35 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children, coercion and enticement, and possession of child sexual abuse material,” November 11, 2026 — source