The Jefferson City Leader reports:
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 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. In August 2020, he wrote, “Make the world a better place, shoot a democrat in the face. Start with every employee of twitter, google, facebook, youtube and the mainstream media. America thanks you,” the affidavit said.
Read the full article. There’s so much more. Thilges reportedly had over 10,000 child porn images as well as a vast arsenal that included eight assault weapons.
A 60-year-old House Springs man has been sentenced to seven years after authorities raided his home because of escalating threats he made people and found thousands of child porn images. https://t.co/EPtB45oq0N
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