Posted on 05/14/2020 2:21:04 PM PDT by ransomnote
A man from Water Valley, Texas, was sentenced today to serve 60 years in prison for producing hundreds of videos and images of himself sexually abusing a child.
Douglas Stephen Groover, 37, was sentenced after pleading guilty in February 2020 to two counts of production of child pornography. The sentence, which was imposed by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, also included a lifetime term of supervised release and a restitution award of $53,000.
According to court documents, in addition to the hundreds of videos and images he created of himself sexually abusing a minor, he also admitted to sexually abusing at least two additional minors. Groover also admitted to maintaining a large collection of child pornography, which included depictions of the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers, sadism and bestiality.
The case was investigated by HSI’s San Angelo, Texas, office, and the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the High Technology Investigative Unit within the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. Trial Attorney Kyle P. Reynolds of CEOS and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey R. Haag prosecuted the case along with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell H. Lorfing.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
The year 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the Department of Justice. Learn more about the history of our agency at www.Justice.gov/Celebrating150Years.
how disgusting! But he’ll be welcomed in prison. for some reason the prisoners don’t take too kindly to child predators.
I doubt we will be supporting this guy for 60 years.
$53,000?
Why not make it $53,001?
BURN IN HELL
The horror it must have been for these children breaks your heart.
If he’s in gen pop, he won’t last a year.
Wait. What? A lifetime term of supervised release? What does that mean?
He WILL enter prison as a eunuch, right?
It’s still a horror for them. They’ve been so badly damaged, i can’t imagine the torment they live in. I can only pray that they stay in counseling and are surrounded by good and loving people to who can show them that not everyone is a demon.
“Wait. What? A lifetime term of supervised release? What does that mean?”
That means if he ever gets out he will be monitored for life.
In more sensible times, a rope and tree.
I only skimmed the article, but I didn’t see the minor’s age. Was I just overlooking it?
Yes I don’t envy the law enforcement people and others who have to interface with this stuff. Just reading about it is awful enough.
Headline should read *Texas Man Sentenced to death....*
A lot of people are commenting he will likely face violence are even death in prison.
This is true.
But how sad our society has become when our law and courts can’t give proper justice, prisons are violent, and we have to expect extra-legal justice in them.
There is only one cure for that and it comes in a variety of calibers.
How strange. Water Valley is a caution light east Of San Angelo where every body knows everybody but not a word about his occupation or any personal details. It makes you wonder.
What kind of sick society depends on violent felons for justice?
Shoulda been death.
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