Andrea GrajedaGreeley Tribune, Colo.GREELEY, Colo. — A former Greeley employee was sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing hard drives containing child sexual abuse material while he was working for the city’s information technology department. | RELATED: Choose the right real-time policing model for your agencyHe pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of child videos — extreme risk, as part of a March plea agreement. Six charges of sexual exploitation of child videos — extreme risk and three charges of child sexual exploitation — induce or entice were dismissed as part of the plea deal, according to Colorado court records. But Clark and Kundelius pointed out the child sexual abuse material videos he took were of real people. Schmidt was arrested June 11, 2025, after Weld County Sheriff’s Office deputies started getting multiple tips about Schmidt uploading child sexual abuse material videos to his phone in February 2025.