Dallas Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Child Sex Exploitation Crimes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Texas man is behind bars after being sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in child sex exploitation crimes in California.

Cameron Andrew Garcia, 30, of Dallas, Texas, was handed down the sentence by a federal court in California for two counts of receipt of visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

According to court documents, Garcia formed an online relationship with a minor victim from Butte County in 2014-2015, instructing the victim to send him sexually explicit photos and videos, which the victim did.

In 2020, Garcia sent Instagram messages to the same victim, threatening to post sexually explicit images and videos of the victim to public websites unless the victim produced new sexually explicit images and videos for him and sent him $5,000.

Garcia also used the Instagram app and the internet in 2020 to communicate with a second minor victim whom he knew was under the age of sixteen and solicited and received multiple videos of that victim engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

When the second minor victim was not forthcoming with an additional picture, Garcia again resorted to extortion, threatening to post explicit content of the victim publicly.

The case was the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina McCall prosecuting the case.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.

Garcia’s sentence includes 10 years of supervised release and $5,000 in victim restitution.

The harsh sentence is a stark reminder of the severity of child sex exploitation crimes and the importance of holding perpetrators accountable.