- Daniel David Egli, 51, was sentenced to 17.5 years for possessing child abuse material.
- He received an additional two-year term for violating supervised release conditions from prior convictions.
- Egli's history of child exploitation spans 20 years, showing no remorse, prosecutors said.
SALT LAKE CITY — A South Jordan man who has been repeatedly convicted of child sex crimes has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison.
Daniel David Egli, 51, was sentenced to 17.5 years for a conviction of possessing child sexual abuse material. He is also ordered to serve a consecutive two-year term for violating his terms of supervised release on a separate child exploitation case and a lifetime of supervised release, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office of Utah.
Egli has a history of child exploitation crimes from the last 20 years, for which he has been in and out of incarceration for violating the terms of his release.
Acting U.S. Attorney Felice John Viti of the District of Utah said Egli has shown "a complete lack of remorse" in his behavior. "Our community and the children in it are safer with Egli behind bars," he said.
In spring 2021, a probation officer found Egli was in possession of an unauthorized laptop and smartphone, violating his release terms from a prior conviction. The devices were seized and electronic evidence showed Egli had accessed, viewed and possessed nearly 500 images of child sexual abuse material, court documents say.
He was charged by a federal grand jury for possession of child sexual abuse material in 2022, then found guilty by a federal jury in October 2024. Egli was previously convicted in 2004 and 2010 of possession of child sexual abuse material, according to court documents.
"Instead of seeing the error of his ways or engaging in any redemptive behavior, the defendant now appears before the court a third time, having been found guilty by a jury of yet another child exploitation crime. Indeed, far from demonstrating any growth in the areas of remorse and rehabilitation, the evidence at trial clearly establishes that the only growth defendant has demonstrated is in his efforts to avoid detection," prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum.
