Source: US FBI
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Daniel David Egli, 51, of South Jordan, Utah, was sentenced today to 210 months’ imprisonment after he was convicted in October 2024 by a federal jury for possession of child pornography. Egli will also serve a consecutive two-year term of imprisonment after he violated his terms of supervised release in a separate child exploitation case, therefore totaling over 19 years’ imprisonment.
In addition to his term of imprisonment, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell, sentenced Egli to lifetime term of supervised release.
According to court documents and the evidence presented at trial, in the spring of 2021, while Egli was serving a term of federal supervision, he violated his conditions of release. During a routine check by his probation officer, law enforcement found Egli possessed an unauthorized laptop and smart phone. These unauthorized devices were seized, along with other unauthorized electronic devices. Electronic evidence further demonstrated that Egli had accessed, viewed, and possessed nearly 500 images of child sexual abuse material – which led to the 2022 charge. See prior press release: Repeat Sex Offender Found Guilty of Possession of Child Pornography by a Federal Jury.
Prior to his most recent conviction, Egli has a history of child exploitation crimes for the past 20 years and has been in and out of incarceration after repeatedly violating his terms of supervised release.
“Egli is a repeat offender of child exploitation, and he has shown a complete lack of remorse and rehabilitation in his continued behavior,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Felice John Viti of the District of Utah. “Community safety is a priority of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and our law enforcement partners. Our community and the children in it are safer with Egli behind bars.”
The case was investigated by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.