NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Two enlisted Army personnel formerly stationed at Fort Eustis were sentenced to prison for convictions relating child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

According to court documents, from February 2023 through April 2023, Hayden Scott Carpenter, 23, and Isaiah Luke Hood, 21, used social media platforms to engage in sexually graphic conversations with minors. An investigation revealed that Carpenter and Hood requested and received sexually graphic images and videos of the minors and sent sexually graphic images and videos to the minors. Carpenter and Hood victimized dozens of minors.

On May 28, 2025, Hood pled guilty to production of CSAM. On Oct. 1, 2025, Hood was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

On Aug. 6, 2025, Carpenter pled guilty to coercion and enticement of a child. Carpenter was sentenced today to 15 years in prison.

The Washington Field Office of the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division investigated this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Devon Heath prosecuted the cases.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorney's Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District CourtLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACERLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. by searching for Case Nos. 4:25-cr-22 (Hood) and 4:25-cr-23 (Carpenter).