Erik Lee Madison, Child Sex Abuse, Maryland 2025

Baltimore, Maryland – Erik Lee Madison, 20, a member of a violent extremist network ‘764,’ pleaded guilty to child sex abuse charges in federal court today, stemming from a November 2025 arrest.

Madison, of Halethorpe, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the sexual exploitation of a child and cyberstalking. He sexually exploited at least 10 minor female victims.

According to court documents, from November 2024 until November 2025, Madison used the internet to create and share extreme content, including gore, violence, and child pornography, to extort and blackmail vulnerable teenagers. He used the internet to sexually exploit minor females and encourage them to engage in self-harm.

The minor female victims were from various locations inside and outside of the United States. Madison used the internet to cause minor females to produce or stream sexually explicit conduct, cut themselves with razors, and cut signs and words on their bodies. He also coerced the female minor victims into using their blood to write various signs, along with Madison’s monikers, on a wall and then streamed it to him.

Madison faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor. He also faces a mandatory maximum sentence of 10 years for cyberstalking. Sentencing is set for Tuesday, June 16, at 11:30 a.m.

This case is 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.

The Justice Department remains vigilant against the threat of Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) networks, like 764, that operate within the United States and around the globe. NVEs often target vulnerable individuals, including minors, using social media platforms to share child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and gore material, and groom victims toward committing acts of violence.

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