LOS ANGELES
A former Army private based at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County is facing federal charges that he made child sexual abuse material (CSAM) featuring a 14-year-old girl, officials stated.
Parker William White, 23, of Johnsonville, New York, who was first indicted on March 10 with one count of possession of child pornography, was charged in a superseding indictment with four additional felony child exploitation charges, according to authorities.
White is now charged with five felonies: one count of production of child pornography, three counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
White was arrested on February 24 under a criminal complaint that alleges White used Instagram and other social media platforms to find minor “girlfriends” as young as 13. White would groom these minor girls by telling them that he would treat them like “queens,” according to the complaint’s affidavit.
A March 14 trial date has been scheduled in this matter.
White is currently in federal custody and has been ordered jailed without bond. White is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The superseding indictment returned on Tuesday alleges that in November 2021, White knowingly induced a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct to make a visual depiction of the conduct.
The visual depiction was produced using materials that had been mailed, shipped, and transported, affecting interstate commerce.
The indictment further alleges that on three occasions, in November 2021 and January 2022, White knowingly received child sexual abuse material that had been transported through interstate commerce, including by computer.
Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division investigated this case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lyndsi Allsop of the Violent and Organized Crime Section is prosecuting this case.