A Sacramento man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child and receiving visual depictions of a different child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.
Nathaniel John Cummings, 42, of Sacramento, was sentenced to 30 years in prison to be followed by 25 years supervised release for sexual exploitation of a child.
According to court documents, Cummings sexually exploited a very young child. He also used Instagram messenger to receive visual depictions of a different child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. On July 29, 2020, a law enforcement team executed a search warrant at Cummings’s residence and located multiple images of child sexual abuse on his cellphone and computer.
Cummings has a history of similar crimes. When Cummings was 22 years old, he was convicted of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old victim in Alameda County and received a sentence of one year in jail and five years of probation. While on probation for that sexual abuse of a minor crime, at age 25, Cummings was convicted of oral copulation, sexual penetration, and sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old victim.
This case was investigated by the Sacramento Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, a federally and state-funded task force managed by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department with agents from federal, state, and local agencies.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina M. McCall prosecuted the case. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006.
Nathaniel John Cummings, exact criminal charges: sexual exploitation of a child, City and state: Sacramento, California, Exact date: today, Sentence or outcome: 30 years in prison to be followed by 25 years supervised release.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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