LOS ANGELES
A former Army private based at Fort Irwin was sentenced Friday to 22 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting a 14-year-old girl using Snapchat to receive CSAM of her when she was 13 years old, officials stated.
He also possessed CSAM, featuring her on his iPhone and receiving sexually explicit images of a 15-year-old girl via Snapchat.
U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. sentenced Parker William White, 24, of Johnsonville, New York.
White has been in federal custody since February 2023.
At the conclusion of a five-day trial in August 2024, a jury found White guilty of one count of production of child pornography, three counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
In January 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.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
This case was prosecuted by 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.