{"id":1442413,"date":"2022-04-17T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1442413"},"modified":"2022-04-17T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:44:55","slug":"fort-bliss-ex-soldier-gets-17-years-in-prison-for-making-child-porn-with-2-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fort-bliss-ex-soldier-gets-17-years-in-prison-for-making-child-porn-with-2-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Bliss Ex-Soldier Gets 17 Years in Prison for Making Child Porn with 2-Year-Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffort-bliss-ex-soldier-gets-17-years-in-prison-for-making-child-porn-with-2-year-old%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1442413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2017\/06\/Teddy-Bear.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A federal court sentenced a former U.S. Army soldier to 17-years in prison for making child porn using a 2-year-old child. At the time of the crime, the man served on active duty as a soldier stationed in Fort Bliss.<\/p>\n<p>Steven George Sperling, age 36, went before a U.S. district court judge in El Paso, Texas, last week. The judge sentenced the former soldier to 17 years in prison. Sperling pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography on July 14, 2021, information released by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Western District of Texas revealed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The case began in July 2019 when agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations found a group that utilized a social media application to discuss and share pornographic material dealing with underage victims. In one of the conversations in the group, authorities learned that Sperling wanted to trade images and claimed to have access to a two-year-old child.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>An undercover agent began communicating with Sperling and said that he wanted to trade images, court documents revealed. The agent communicated with another user who shared images and a video of the two-year-old that had been taken by Sperling. Authorities tracked the user to a Samsung phone belonging to Sperling who was then stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI office in El Paso worked with U.S. Army Military Police who arrested Sperling and helped carry out a search of his house. During questioning by authorities, Sperling told agents that he had seen child porn involving children of various ages from \u201cbabies to teens.\u201d However, the soldier claimed that he had not recorded or sent images of the two-year-old. After further questioning, Sperling admitted to authorities that he had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProsecuting dangerous sexual predators that exploit the innocence of children and cause unspeakable harm is always going to be a top priority for our office,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Huff in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-7133082803359329099gmail-p2\"><span class=\"m-7133082803359329099gmail-s1\"><i><span>Luisana Moreno is a contributing writer for Breitbart Texas.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court sentenced a former U.S. Army soldier to 17-years in prison for making child porn using a 2-year-old child. 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