USA Today has reported that "Spratling died in custody on March 19, 2007, less than two months after he was certified as sexually dangerous." He had been committed to the Federal Civil Commitment program under the Adam Walsh Act.4-5-1988 North Carolina:
A federal grand jury in Houston indicted a former Galveston letter carrier on child pornography charges involving the U.S. mails.
Wallace Spratling, 51, was charged with two counts of using the mails Sept. 10 to receive a child pornography magazine and videotapes.
Another two counts charge him with causing the delivery of the same items, and a fifth says Spratling placed an advertisement seeking to buy sexually explicit material depicting minors.
Spratling of the 1400 block of Hutchings in Galveston has been suspended without pay, and administrative action to fire him has begun, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
The indictment follows a yearlong investigation that also involved the U.S. Customs Service and Galveston Police Department, ending in a raid on his home. If convicted he could be sentenced to 40 years in prison and fines of $1.25 million. ..Source.. by .Houston Chronicles.
