DC Sex Offender Amasses 3,300 Images of Child Porn, Faces 37 Years in Prison

WASHINGTON – Victor Armando Simms, 54, a previously convicted sex offender living in Southeast Washington D.C., has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, a crime that will likely land him behind bars for decades.

Simms, also known as “Stacey Patrick Simms,” pleaded guilty to First Degree Child Sexual Abuse with Aggravating Circumstances, two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse with Children, three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children, and Possession of Child Pornography before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington D.C.

According to court documents, law enforcement was called on January 15, 2023, after a young girl discovered explicit images of child sexual abuse on an iPad belonging to Simms. The same day, Simms was formally placed under arrest and charged by complaint with one count of first-degree child sexual abuse in D.C. Superior Court.

On January 17, 2023, the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force executed a search warrant at Simms’s residence and seized multiple electronic devices, including an iPad and a one-terabyte external hard drive. The forensic examination of the external hard drive revealed 3,300 still images and 250 videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.

Simms is a previously adjudicated sex offender, having been convicted in North Carolina in 2005 of indecent liberties with a six-year-old child and a felony child sex act. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jocelyn Bond, Sarah Folse, and Caroline Burrell.

Judge Chutkan scheduled sentencing for October 22, 2024, with Simms facing a sentencing range of 37 years up to lifetime in prison on the seven counts to which he pleaded guilty. A federal district court judge will determine the sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.