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Teacher Sentenced for Distributing Child Porn
A former teacher at St. Elizabeth High School in St. Elizabeth, Mo., has been sentenced to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
Stephen Gregory Strobel, 26, of Jefferson City, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Strobel to serve 15 years on supervised release following his incarceration.
Strobel pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography on April 18, 2016.
The case began in April 2014 when a Wooster, Ohio woman discovered that her 13-year-old daughter had engaged in a sexually explicit Internet chat with Strobel. On May 12, 2014, investigators contacted Strobel at St. Elizabeth High School, where he admitted to exchanging pornographic photos with the 13-year-old victim and that she had sent him pornographic photos and a video.
According to court documents, Strobel distributed the video to another person and traded photos of underage girls with various people online. He estimated the ages of the children depicted to be between 13 and 15, and stated that he had received 15 photographs of underage children, the youngest being five or six years old.
Investigators identified a video and approximately 500 images of child pornography on Strobel’s iPhone. He admitted to sending photos depicting child pornography to other individuals throughout the United States, including users who were identified as possible children with whom Strobel was communicating, engaging in sexual role playing and exchanging suspected child pornography images.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Lynn, and was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the FBI, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, and the Wayne County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Department.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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