LOS ANGELES
A federal jury Wednesday found a former Army private based at Fort Irwin guilty of producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
The pornography depicted a 14-year-old girl, using Snapchat to receive CSAM of her when she was 13 years old, and possessing CSAM featuring her on his iPhone.
In addition, White was found guilty of receiving CSAM of a 15-year-old girl via Snapchat.
Parker William White, 23, of Johnsonville, New York, was found guilty of one count of production of child pornography, three counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
According to evidence presented during a five-day trial in Jan. 2022, the Department of Children and Families in Bay County, Florida, received a tip that White was engaging in an online sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.
Later, investigators found CSAM of her on White’s iPhone as well as CSAM that White had received via Snapchat featuring her and another minor.
White used Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media platforms to find minor “girlfriends” as young as 13 years old, according to court documents.
White groomed these minor girls by boasting about his military service, telling them that they were “beautiful” and “queens,” and pretending to be in love with them.
In some instances, White deceptively portrayed himself as a teenager to earn their trust.
White’s behavior would then escalate to a practice that he called “teasing.” He would send these children sexually explicit videos and photographs of himself via social media and encourage them to “tease” him back by doing the same.
U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. scheduled a Feb. 7 sentencing hearing. At that hearing, White faces up to 100 years in federal prison.
White has been in custody since his arrest.
Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office investigated this case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lyndsi C. Allsop of the Violent and Organized Crime Section and Laura A. Alexander of the Environmental Crimes and Consumer Protection Section are prosecuting this case.