BOWIE COUNTY, Texas — A northeast Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing child porn. And it’s not the first time he’s been in trouble for it.
William Johnson Springer, 60, faces between 10 and 20 years in prison. As part of his plea, he agreed to pay restitution to his victims, register as a sex offender and be sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release after he’s out of prison.
Investigators say Springer had a cell phone that he used to download and collect images of child porn. They say he had more than 600 images of prepubescent minors, sadistic or masochistic abuse or violence and sexual abuse.
Back in 2009, Springer was convicted of possessing child porn in Oklahoma. In that case, he was sentenced to more than five and a half years in prison and five years of supervised release.
