Crime & Safety
Former Spring Man Gets 10-years in Prison for Bomb Making and Luring Kids
A man who used to live in Spring is going to prison for 10-years prison time trying to lure kids for sex and bomb making
HOUSTON, TX — Mark Duesterberg, 34, has been ordered to federal prison for 120 months for enticing a minor and making more than 30 pipe bombs.
On May 28, 2015, Duesterberg communicated with an undercover agent, whom he believed was an underage female. In the course of email and text messages, he persuaded, induced and attempted to entice the female child to have sex with him.
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He made arrangements to meet the minor female to engage in sexual activity. He was promptly arrested upon his arrival at the agreed upon location. At that time, agents discovered seven pipe bombs within his vehicle.
When law enforcement traveled to Duesterberg’s Spring residence and conducted a search of the location, they discovered 25 more pipe bombs in the garage and an unregistered AK-47 style rifle in a gun safe.
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