CEDAR RAPIDS – This Iowa man possessed countless sadistic images and exploited a toddler, and now faces up to 50 years in prison for his heinous deeds.
Benjamin Paul Egli (pictured at top), age 30, from North Liberty, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to sexually exploit a child and one count of possession of child pornography.
At court hearings and in a plea agreement, Egli admitted that on multiple occasions in 2023, he used Snapchat to make video calls to another person. In those video calls, at Egli’s request, the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a toddler. Egli screen-recorded the sexual conduct and saved those videos on his phone. He also possessed other images and videos of child sexual abuse material on his phone, including images of children performing sexual acts on animals and sadistic and masochistic conduct.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Egli remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Egli faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 50 years’ imprisonment, a $500,000 fine, $77,200 in special assessments, and a life term of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Tipton Police Department, and the Joint Forensic Analysis Cyber Team.