A Wasilla physician has been arrested following a federal grand jury indictment alleging possession of child sexual abuse materials, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.
Dr. Jeffery Sponsler, 67, was charged with one count of possession of child pornography. Sponsler is a practicing doctor at the Alaska Brain Center and is also the owner of Alaska Music and Arts, a studio offering music, dance, and karate classes to children.
According to the Department of Justice, federal authorities allege that on March 17, Sponsler possessed and accessed a computer containing images of child sexual abuse. The material reportedly included depictions of a prepubescent minor under the age of 12.
The FBI Anchorage Field Office began investigating Sponsler after receiving a tip regarding his alleged possession of child pornography. A search of Sponsler’s residence led to the seizure of multiple electronic devices, including desktop and laptop computers, external hard drives, memory cards, DVDs, and VHS tapes.
The initial forensic review of these items revealed videos and images described in court documents as “nude beauty contests” involving both minors and adults, DOJ said. Prosecutors allege that Sponsler edited and enhanced the material to focus on the genitalia of girls believed to be between the ages of 5 and 12, creating slideshows from the images.
According to his biography at Alaska Brain Center, he sees patients with disorders such as epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, neuropathy, stroke, headaches and migraine, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, myasthenia gravis, spinal cord disorders, dysequilibrium, balance, dizziness, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Sponsler has admitting and consulting privileges at Matsu Regional Medical Center in Palmer, where he manages a two-bed epilepsy monitoring unit with full time EEG technician monitoring.
“Dr. Sponsler enjoys backpacking, running, exploring Alaska and Shotokan Karate. He also knows 10 computer programming languages and plays 5 musical instruments. He plays piano and saxophone in the worship band of Wasilla Community Church and is an instructor of Shotokan Karate at Alaska Music and Arts,” his biography states.
Sponsler is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on June 9, before US. Magistrate Judge Kyle F. Reardon in Anchorage. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Sentencing, if applicable, would be determined by a U.S. district judge in accordance with federal sentencing guidelines.
The FBI and Alaska State Troopers are leading the investigation. Authorities are urging anyone with information related to the case to contact the FBI Anchorage Field Office at (907) 276-4441 or submit tips anonymously at tips.fbi.gov.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Ivers.
20 years sounds a little light.
He should have been practicing in California, they love their pedophiles. Thank you AST and FBI.
Some conservatives hate the FBI because of their lawfulness at Mar a Lago and here we have an example of them doing good. A conflict to consider.
Nice deflection. Plus, the FBI raided Mar A Lago totally illegally.
It appears he may need treatment from a brain doctor of a different sort.
Sponsler is 67, he will likely die in prison. Or if he survives the 20, will be released as an aged broken man into poverty as his assets will likely be gone.
Hey, this is ‘pride’ month, with drag queens telling pagan stories to children at public libraries. Don’t let this news report diminish the pervy celebrations.
VHS tapes …. His perversions go way back evidently.
Wife & kids? Wonder who turned him in?
Somebody that was tired of his infantile BS.
Better not let slip that he has an interest in Shotokan as all that tag-you’re-it sparring nonsense will get him a good pounding.
All that talk about 20 years? That’s from people that don’t have experience w/ federal prosecutors. They suck and this cretin will get no where near 20. Bank on it.
Wonder why a federal grand jury, not a state grand jury, indicts Dr. Jeff.
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Should be interesting to see the difference between what Dr. Jeff’s accused of doing and what Anchorage School District officials appear to be doing with pornography, tranvestic grooming, child-mutilation indoctrination, and child trafficking.
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One hopes the same federal grand jury finds out.
What about the patients from his medical practice? I have been hearing that he had a habit of diagnosing patients and getting them on Rxs they later stop taking? Throwing out patients that object to being higher than a kite on the Rxs that he was prescribing?
Seems like a lawsuit is coming for medical malpractice. Misdiagnosing patients is not standard practice for doctors. Evidently it is for this doctor. If anyone else had a major medical incident because of this, they need to get a attorney, and bring charges.
And remove his medical practice license.
He’s already going to lose it.
I wonder how much Star Trek memorabilia he has.
According to the FBI, every single Pedo they arrested had a huge collection of Star Trek Junk.
These comments are troubling and are evidence of why so many INNOCENT people are convicted and incarcerated every day in this country.
Do any of you understand the concept of innocent until PROVEN guilty? Let me guess, the government (law enforcement officers & prosecutors) would never lie or do anything unethical, immoral or illegal, right?
Take it from someone who’s been wrongfully accused, they ABSOLUTELY WILL lie, cheat and do whatever they think is needed to secure a conviction. Our system was designed to prevent these exact issues because even our forefathers knew that the power our govt has was, and still is, being abused. They set up the system specifically to prevent an innocent person from being convicted of a crime(s) they didn’t commit.
This system, however, only works when citizens (all of you commenters included) understand the importance of “innocent until proven guilty” AND makes sure that our rights are protected by making sure the government never crosses the line of justice vs injustice.
The chances are very high that at some point in your lives, you or somebody you love or know, will be in a situation whereby the government is accusing you of something you are innocent of. It was a very scary reality check when I realized that innocence, guilt, justice, etc have ZERO relevance in the judicial process, the only thing that matters is what a prosecutor can convince a jury/judge of and they will cross any legal/ethical line to achieve that outcome.
Please reserve your “judgement” of your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ until you have all of the facts, just as each and every one of you would expect if you were in a similar situation.
How intellectually lazy does one have to be in order to cast judgement on another person (and then publicly condemn them) when all of the information you have for doing so was derived from a simple article you read online?
Rwmember the 9th commandment, which is written in Exodus 20:16, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”. This INCLUDES gossip and slander, which is exactly what each of you is doing at this point, since nobody has all, or even most, of the information about this person, including whether he is actually guilty of the crime(s) he is being accused of.
Gossip and slander are so evil that Paul includes these sins in Romans 1 in the list of transgressions that merit the wrath of God (vv. 29–30).
Finally, always remember that where grace is given, so shall it also be received. Is it too much to ask that we withhold judgement of others until we have all of the facts? Public condemnation is extremely harmful and should only be done once guilt has been established through careful and methodical consideration of all of the facts.
God bless you 🙏