Former MacMurray College Player Sentenced For Child Porn

A former All-America running back at MacMurray College is headed to federal
prison for 30 years on charges that he produced child pornography.
A federal judge in East St. Louis also ordered 31-year-old
Steven Ballinger of Collinsville to spend 15 years on post-prison
supervised release and fined him $1,250.
Ballinger pleaded guilty in March, admitting that in mid-2006 he
videotaped himself having sex with a girl who was 13 at the time.
Ballinger was sentenced in 2009 to probation after pleading
guilty to St. Clair County charges involving the same girl.
A federal judge last week rejected Ballinger’s bid to have the
federal indictment tossed out.
Ballinger held the career rushing record at Jacksonville’s
MacMurray College, where he was a Division II All-America selection
in 2001 and 2002.