VIRGINIA
A federal judge sentenced a Stafford, Virginia, man who serves as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, to 20 years in prison for making child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor, according to officials.
Steven Jon Frederiksen, 42, used social media and instant messaging apps to lure girls from 14 to 17 to make child pornography.
In November 2015, the FBI got information that Frederiksen who worked at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), used a government-issued laptop to produce child pornography.
Frederiksen admitted in connection with his plea agreement that he used online chat programs, including Kik, to entice at least four minor girls, ranging in age from 14 to 17, to produce child pornography via the internet. The pornography was saved in an online cloud storage account. He attempted to do this with at least two other minor girls, according to officials.
The defendant also possessed additional images of child pornography and exchanged child pornography with other individuals online, according to officials.