A soldier who trafficked in child pornography online and made obscene comments about the sexual abuse of children pleaded guilty on October 17.
He was subsequently sentenced to prison by a military judge.
Sgt. Amariah Foster, 28, pleaded guilty to two charges of viewing and distributing child pornography, as well as two charges of making indecent comments to another individual. In accordance with his plea agreement, a military judge sentenced him to 30 months of confinement, a reduction in rank to E-1, and a bad conduct discharge.
Foster traded child pornography and made indecent communications concerning the sexual abuse of children with other users on the mobile applications X and Telegram. This activity occurred from Jan. 2023 through Jan. 2024 while he was living in Virginia Beach, Va., and Sembach, Germany. His illegal activity was discovered by a family member who notified military law enforcement.
Department of Army Criminal Investigation Division investigators initiated an investigation and collected evidence from witnesses, search warrants, and digital forensic analysis. When interviewed by agents, Foster admitted to viewing and distributing child pornography.
According to Court documents obtained by The Salty Soldier, Sergeant Foster told an unknown person he always wanted to rape a baby between the ages of 0-3.
“I’ve always wanted to *** inside one,” he said.
Due to the graphic nature of his conversation, the entire conversation can only be viewed on TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com.
“Thanks to the tireless efforts of our investigators in pursuing critical leads and sorting through the digital evidence, Sgt. Foster was held accountable for the detestable crime of trading images of child sexual abuse on the internet,” said Maj. Zach Ray, lead prosecutor, Eighth Circuit, Army Office of Special Trial Counsel.
“CID works vigorously to combat serious crime and enhance the safety of the Army community,” said Ryan Hall, special agent in charge of the Army CID Europe Field Office. “The sentencing of Amariah Foster demonstrates the commitment of CID and our partners to hold accountable those who engage in the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.”
Foster, who joined the Army in 2016, will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison and will be subject to federal and state sex offender registration requirements.
During his online conversations, he claimed he worked at a daycare run by his mother and commited crimes against children.
The case was investigated by CID’s Kaiserslautern Resident Agency and prosecuted by Ray and Cpt. Anil Kimball, 21st Theater Sustainment Command.
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