{"id":49917,"date":"2024-11-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/19\/two-soldiers-get-prison-time-for-creating-child-sexual-abuse-material\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:21:31","slug":"two-soldiers-get-prison-time-for-creating-child-sexual-abuse-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/11\/19\/two-soldiers-get-prison-time-for-creating-child-sexual-abuse-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Two soldiers get prison time for creating child sexual abuse material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two soldiers have been given prison sentences after conspiring to create images of child sexual abuse and taking explicit photos of other soldiers without their consent, according<\/a> to an Army release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pfc. Corey V. Wilkinson, 34, was sentenced by a military judge on Oct. 1 to seven years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of solicitation of a crime, one count of viewing child sex abuse material and two counts of sexual abuse of a child by indecent communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also sentenced by a military judge was Pfc. Whitney D. Shepherd, 34, who received 25 months in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of indecent recording and one count of producing child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crimes took place in early 2023 while both soldiers were stationed in Grafenwoehr, Germany, according to the release. Courts-martial for the two individuals were held at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilkinson was also found to have provided false statements to investigators, according to a charge sheet the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel provided to Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\t