United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Transportation of Child Pornography was
sentenced on May 4, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
Derek Robert Schroeder, age 29, was sentenced to 210 months
in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and a special
assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100. His cell phone was forfeited and he will be
required to register as a sex offender upon release.
Schroeder was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 9,
2019. He pled guilty on January 6, 2020.
The conviction stemmed from Schroeder uploading thousands of
digital files containing child pornography into his Dropbox account. The files were uploaded between August 2017
and January 2018. Schroeder admitted
knowing the files contained sexually explicit depictions of children and that
he used his cell phone and the internet to transport the files in interstate
commerce.
This case was investigated by the Homeland Security, the
Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Sioux Falls Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Clapper
prosecuted the case.
Schroeder was immediately turned over to the custody of the
U.S. Marshals Service.
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