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DOJ: Former Army soldier from Georgia convicted of abusing minors while stationed in Germany

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Published  April 21, 2026 9:05am MST
Crime and Public Safety
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The Brief

    • The Department of Justice (DOJ) says a former U.S. Army soldier from Georgia has been convicted of sexually and physically abusing two minors while he was stationed in Germany.
    • The DOJ says Adam Schlueter, 37, of Atlanta, was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany from 2009 until 2013 and physically, emotionally, and sexually abused two minor victims.
    • Schlueter faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 30 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) says on April 17, a former U.S. Army soldier from Georgia was convicted by a federal jury of sexually and physically abusing two minors while he was stationed in Germany.

Timeline:

The DOJ says Adam Schlueter, 37, of Atlanta, was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany from 2009 until 2013 and while there, according to court documents, he physically, emotionally, and sexually abused two minor victims. 

What we know:

During the trial in the Northern District of Georgia, both minors testified regarding Schlueter’s physical abuse. Court records reveal accounts of choking and beatings; most notably, one victim testified that at age eight, Schlueter pushed them through a second-story window, leaving them dangling above the ground.

Court records show that Schlueter sexually assaulted both minors when they were under the age of 10, and he also employed threats to prevent his victims and other witnesses from disclosing the abuse to authorities, going so far as to threaten to kill one witness.

Schlueter was convicted on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12 and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. 

What's next:

Schlueter faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 30 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9.

Dig deeper:


The DOJ says the case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and 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 www.justice.gov/psc.

The Source: Information in this article was provided by the Department of Justice (DOJ).  This story was reported from Orlando.


 

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