Federal Grand Jury Charges Former Army Private with Four Additional Felony Child Exploitation Charges

LOS ANGELES – A former Army private based at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County is scheduled to be arraigned today on federal charges alleging, in part, that he knowingly produced child sexual abuse material (CSAM) featuring a 14-year-old girl.

Parker William White, 23, of Johnsonville, New York, who first was 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.

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 pursuant to 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, 2024 trial date previously has been scheduled in this matter. White is currently in federal custody and has been ordered jailed without bond. 

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 for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct. The visual depiction was produced using materials that had been mailed, shipped, and transported in and 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.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

If convicted of all charges, White would face a mandatory minimum of 15 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison for the production of child pornography count, a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison and up to 20 years’ imprisonment for each receipt of child pornography count, and a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison for the child pornography possession count.

Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division investigated this case.

Assistant United States Attorney Lyndsi Allsop of the Violent and Organized Crime Section is prosecuting this case.