HOUSTON – The former president of the Boling ISD Board of Trustees has been sentenced for possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child, the Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck announced Friday.
Jerry James Svatek Jr. pleaded guilty Dec. 5, 2025.
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U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. has now sentenced Svatek to 480 months, or approximately 40 years, for the production and possession of child pornography convictions, respectively. The sentences will run concurrently.
At the hearing, the court heard Svatek previously served as president of the Boling Independent School District Board of Trustees and had joined an underground online community where he continued distributing images of a minor victim.
The court also considered information from the impact statements from the parents of the minor which detailed the harm Svatek caused to the family.
Svatek was further ordered to pay $78,500 in restitution to the victims and will serve the rest of his life on supervised release following the completion of his prison term. During that time, he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.
Authorities identified Svatek in 2025 when conducting undercover investigations into an online forum known as FetLife – a social networking platform designed for people interested in alternative sexual lifestyles. It revealed Svatek was sharing child sexual abuse material online.
During undercover conversations with Svatek, he exchanged multiple images taken from videos of himself with the victim, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
On June 17, 2025, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on his vehicle where they seized a cellular phone.
Forensic examination of the device revealed more than approximately 150 videos depicting child sexual abuse material.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Svatek admitted to creating videos and distributing still images over the messaging platform.
He has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.