Joint Base Airman Solicited Sexual Videos From Kids, He Admits

TRENTON, NJ — A U.S. Air Force airman who had been stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Christian Keilberg, 34, of Ocean County, pleaded guilty on Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton to a charge of receiving child pornography. Sentencing is scheduled for June 18.

From November 2020 through November 2022, while Keilberg was an enlisted active-duty airman and working at the Joint Base, he used online chat applications and social media to communicate with children located in and outside New Jersey, authorities said.

He exchanged sexually explicit messages with the children and asked them to send him images and videos of themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct, which they did, authorities said.

A search of Keilberg’s electronic devices found in his on-base housing revealed additional videos and images of child pornography. Keilberg received more than 600 images of child pornography, including depictions of minors between 12 and 15 years old.

The charge of receipt of child pornography is punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.