In a U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota, press release, Hunter Geidl, age 29, was sentenced to 198 months of imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release for multiple counts related to the production and possession of child sexual abuse material.
According to court documents, on May 19, 2
022, Hunter James Geidl, 27, knowingly possessed a video file of a minor victim engaging in sexually explicit activities. From July 29, 2022, until March 22, 2024, Geidl employed and used minor victims to engage in explicit conduct for the purpose of producing sexually explicit video images.
“Protecting our nation’s children is a mission we hold sacred in the FBI,” says Richard Evanchec, the interim special agent in charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis field office.
Evanchec urges anyone with information about additional, unidentified victims of Hunter James Geidl to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI with assistance from the Hastings Police Department. It was a part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Assistant U.S. Attorney LeeAnn K. Bell prosecuted the case.
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