Iowa teen, 19, who 'filmed himself sexually assaulting a toddler online' receives NO prison time des

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eives-NO-prison-time-despite-guilty-plea.html

An Iowa man who sexually assaulted a toddler on camera will serve no time in prison.

Kraigen Grooms, 19, pleaded guilty on Monday to Engaging in a Lascivious Act with a Child according to KTVO, and was given a 10-year suspended sentence by the judge and just five years of supervised release.

Wapello County Attorney Gary Oldenburger responded to the uproar over Grooms' light sentence on Thursday by stating in a press release that the family of the toddler did not want to teenager to 'serve significant jail time.'

Grooms was arrested in 2014 after an investigation led Homeland Security to believe that he had 'produced child pornography in which he photographed himself engaging in sexual contact with an African American baby girl 12 to 18 months old.'

Federal agents said Grooms then uploaded photographs of the assault to the internet.

It is believed that the video was made in April 2013 when Grooms was 16, but despite his age he was tried as an adult in court.

He was charged with Second Degree Sexual Assault and facing up to 25 years in prison after his arrest in March of 2014.

At the time of his arrest it was believed by authorities he was preparing to sexually assault another toddler.

The charging documents in the case stated: 'The defendant knowingly committed a sex act with a female child that appeared to be under the age of two years old. The defendant videoed himself [while committing the lewd acts].'

Grooms was in custody until July of this year when he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Engaging in a Lascivious Act with a Child.

He will be forced to register as a sex offender and could be put back in jail if he violates any of the conditions of his parole.

His lawyers raised questions during the trial about his competency, and the young man had two mental health evaluations while in prison.

A White House petition has now been started demanding that Judge Randy Degeest be fired for letting Grooms walk free and avoid more time behind bars.

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