A Missouri dad, who states he was "disgusted" by what he found, turned his 17-year-old son into the local police after he discovered photos of a naked 2-year-old on the teen's phone that he hoped to sell to pedophiles.
According to the Daily Mail, Paul Spensberger said he had taken away the cellphone belong to his son Andrew for disciplinary reasons when he discovered two photos taken of a sleeping naked two-year-old relative of Andrew's girlfriend.
Speaking with the Mail, Spensberger said he was appalled by the pictures and got his son to admit that he took them with the intention of selling them to a classmate whom he believed was a pedophile. At that time, Spensberger said he decided to turn his son over to the police with the intention of scaring him -- but now his son is facing four years in prison for attempting to distribute child pornography.
The teen, who hoped to sell the pictures for $350 in order to pay off debts, is currently being held in O'Fallon County Jail on a $10,000 bond, which his father has refused to pay.
"He feels like sh*t," the Missouri dad told the Mail in a phone interview. "He feels remorse and he is scared, he's facing time in prison. I could go and get him but he needs to learn."
According to the dad, he was upset because the phone with the offensive photos was registered to another son who could have implicated.
He also expressed feeling conflicted at turning his son in, stating: "I don't know if I would do the same thing again now. I don't know what exactly I was expecting," before adding that he doesn't think his son is interested in child pornography.
"Andrew is a thief but he is not sexual like that," he explained.
No court date has been set for the teen.
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