Fort Leonard Wood military policeman pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – A military policeman with more than 10 years of service pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography during his court-martial Oct. 5 at the Fort Leonard Wood courtroom.
Staff Sgt. Chandler D. Hummel, 30, assigned to 795th Military Police Battalion, 14th Military Police Brigade, was sentenced by the military judge to two years in prison and a dishonorable discharge from the Army.
In June and July 2025, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received two CyberTips from TikTok and Kik that Hummel used his accounts to download child sexual abuse material.
The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division was notified and initiated an investigation. Following the execution of a search warrant, a forensic examination of Hummel’s iPhone revealed nearly 100 illicit videos and images, some of which included children as young as 3 years old.
“The Army remains steadfast in its mission to aggressively investigate and prosecute CSAM and related offenses,” said Capt. Derek Sanchez, prosecutor, Fourth Circuit, Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. “As technology evolves and makes access to this material easier, our efforts to investigate and prosecute these cases will continue to expand, ensuring we hold offenders accountable.”
“Wearing the badge of a law enforcement officer carries exceptional responsibility,” said Special Agent in Charge John McCabe, Army CID’s Midcentral Field Office. “As a Military Policeman, Hummel took an oath to defend others, yet he chose to engage in the exploitation of children. Army CID will never hesitate to investigate anyone who would exploit, or attempt to exploit, children—most especially those within our own ranks.”
Hummel will serve his prison sentence at the Midwest Joint Regional Confinement Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Upon release from prison, he will be required to register as a sex offender under federal and state statutory requirements.
This case was investigated by Army CID’s Fort Leonard Wood Resident Agency and prosecuted by Sanchez and Capt. Raymond Pusateri, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, 14th Military Police Brigade.
About the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel: The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel is composed of specially trained military lawyers, legal professionals and support staff responsible for the expert prosecution of murder, sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, kidnapping and other serious criminal offenses. Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., OSTC has eight regional headquarters that oversee 28 field offices located worldwide, including locations in Europe and Korea. For more information visit http://www.army.mil/ostc.
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