Former San Antonio teacher gets 131 years in prison for child pornography

A 27-year-old former teacher in San Antonio was sentenced to more than 130 years in prison this week after being found guilty of 20 counts of possession of child pornography and of possession with intent to promote child pornography. 

Mark Mallow was a middle school teacher in August 2022 when was arrested after uploading five files of child porn to the social media app Snapchat, the Bexar County District Attorney said in a news release. Snapchat reported the nature of the files to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which flagged local law enforcement. 

District Attorney Joe Gonzales said the images that Mallow had in his possession included babies and young children. 

The Bexar County DA said that while out on bond in July 2023 for the 20 initial charges related to child pornography, Mallow was slapped with two additional charges. He was charged with online solicitation of a minor under the age of 14 and another possession with intent to promote child pornography. Officials said those charges are pending. 

He was sentenced to six years in prison on each of the 20 counts of possession of child pornography, and then 11 years for the possession with intent to promote charge. Judge Christine Del Prado ruled that Mallow would serve the sentences stacked, meaning they will run one after another, for a total of 131 years.

“Few things in life are as important as the safety of our children. Sexual offenders who prey on our children will be prosecuted aggressively. They have no place in our society,” said Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales. “This defendant was just convicted and sentenced for some of the most vile and repulsive crimes known to mankind — the possession of pornography of infants. Part of the evidence included many images of babies and other defenseless young children being subjected to unspeakable sexual atrocities. Our thanks to Judge Del Prado for recognizing the severity of these horrific crimes and accumulating the sentences in this case.”