DELAWARE, Ohio-The teenaged victim disclosed to the Boise Police Department (BPD) that Hastler had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the summer of 2022. During the investigation, BPD learned that Hastler had sexually abused another child in Ohio.
While investigating the abuse in Ohio, the Delaware Police Department located explicit images of the Idaho victim on Hastler’s cellphone. BPD obtained a federal search warrant for the cellphone and confirmed that Hastler had produced sexually explicit images of the Idaho victim while at a hotel in Boise.
U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford also sentenced Gary Hastler, 67, to 240 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child,a lifetime term of supervised release. Hastler will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of the conviction.
