A San Gabriel Valley man is facing federal charges for allegedly producing and distributing child sexual abuse material depicting himself sexually abusing a toddler, officials announced Wednesday.
David Lisandro Perez Figueroa, 22, of Monrovia, is charged in a two-count federal grand jury indictment with production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday. Figueroa’s arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 28 in Los Angeles federal court. Figueroa was arrested earlier this month, and a federal magistrate judge ordered him jailed without bond.
According to the indictment, Figueroa coerced a 2-year-old child into engaging in sexually explicit conduct with him for the purpose of making a visual depiction of the conduct.
On July 22, Figueroa allegedly distributed the material by sending it on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in an account linked to himself, the DOJ said.
British law enforcement investigating a target in the United Kingdom discovered the X chat logs with the child sexual abuse material and, soon after, notified federal law enforcement in the United States, according to court documents. Based on the information, federal agents executed a search warrant at Figueroa’s residence earlier this month and arrested him.
If convicted of all charges, Figueroa would face a sentence of between 15 and 50 years in federal prison, prosecutors noted.