Missouri dad turns in teen son to police after discovering child pornography on his phone, police say

Andrew P. SPensberger was charged Friday with "one count of child porn possession," police said. (O’Fallon Missouri Police Department)

A Missouri father turned his teenage son into police after he discovered pictures of a naked toddler on his phone.

Andrew P. Spensberger, 17, of O’Fallon, Mo., was charged Friday with “one count of child porn possession,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

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Spensberger’s father, Paul, discovered two pictures of a naked two-year-old girl on his son’s phone after he punished him, the Kansas City Star reported. The O’Fallon Missouri Police Department reported they received a call regarding the photos on Dec. 30, 2017, and opened an investigation.

The toddler in the photo was a relative of Paul’s girlfriend. The pictures were of the girl sleeping on Spensberger’s floor.

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The teenager told authorities he took the close-up photos of the toddler “so that he could sell them to a classmate whom he believed to be a pedophile and would be interested in young girls,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Spensberger said he had hoped to make about $350 from the photographs.

Andrew P. Spensberger is being held on a $10,000 bond at the St. Charles County Jail. (St. Charles County Jail)

Spensberger is being held in St. Charles County Jail on a $10,000 bond.