House Springs man gets seven years in child porn case

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Matthew Bryan Thilges, 60, of House Springs has been sentenced to seven years in prison for possession of child pornography. He also has been ordered to pay a total of $57,000 in restitution to 17 victims, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Thilges was sentenced today, Sept. 20 after pleading guilty on June 7 to receiving child pornography, court records show.
FBI agents raided Thilges’ mobile home on Oct. 21, 2020, after he had made escalating threats against social media/tech employees, Democrats, police and others in YouTube video comments. The agents seized numerous electronic devices that contained images and videos of child pornography and a child-size sex doll, according to the guilty plea agreement.