A former University of the Incarnate Word professor is expected to spend the next three decades in prison after he was arrested and later convicted on multiple possession of child pornography charges.

Troy Mishler, 41, pleaded guilty to two of the 10 charges he faced on Monday.

Each charge carried a 30-year prison sentence, which are to run concurrently.

Judge Stephanie Boyd, who presided over the case in Bexar County’s 187th Criminal District Court, also fined Mishler $5,000 and ordered him to register as a sex offender.

According to a January 2024 social media post, Live Oak police learned Mishler was at a November 2023 “church-related event” in Nebraska, where he confessed to “watching child pornography.”

Witnesses to Mishler’s confession then reported him to Nebraska authorities,

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