


A former fifth-grade teacher at Baldwin Academy in La Puente was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison for possessing more than 400 child-porn videos.
A federal judge also ordered Steven Victor Pilar, 48, of Las Vegas to pay $115,000 in restitution. e had pleaded guilty on Dec. 20 to one count of possession of child pornography.
The defense had asked the court for a sentence of three years and six months, while federal prosecutors asked for a five-year sentence, according to court records.
Pilar was living in Victorville when he downloaded videos and images containing material in February and April 2020 using BitTorrent, a file-sharing application.
He was arrested in April 2020 on state charges, which were later dropped so a federal case could be pursued, authorities said. A federal grand jury indicted him on July 2024, and he was arrested on at least one federal charge in August 2024.