Tony Christopher Long, Animal Crushing & Sex Crimes, California 2024

A 19-year-old Porterville, California man has been charged with a string of heinous crimes, including animal crushing, sexual exploitation of a minor, cyberstalking, and making interstate threats.

Tony Christopher Long, also known as Inactive, Inactivee0, and inactivecvx, was charged in a six-count indictment with animal crushing (two counts), sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, cyberstalking, and transmitting an interstate threat.

The indictment alleges that in late 2024, Long purposely engaged in animal crushing, sexually exploited a juvenile victim living in Washington state, committed cyberstalking and made online threats against a juvenile victim living in Kern County.

“This defendant allegedly engaged in acts of extreme cruelty by exploiting a child, abusing animals, and threatening violence — his conduct reflects the depravity of ‘764,’” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “These networks seek to terrorize and destabilize our communities by preying on the most vulnerable, and the Justice Department will stop at nothing to dismantle this network and bring offenders to justice.”

Long faces a maximum penalty of seven years in prison on each of the two counts charging animal crushing; a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years in prison up to a maximum of 30 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor; a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor; a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for cyberstalking; and a maximum statutory penalty of two years in prison for making an interstate threat.

Each count of the indictment also carries a fine of up to $250,000. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

This case is the product of an investigation by the FBI, with assistance from the Porterville Police Department and the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office.

Tony Christopher Long, 19, of Porterville, has been charged with animal crushing, sexual exploitation of a minor, cyberstalking, and making interstate threats. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/violent-extremist-group-764-member-charged-animal-crushing-sexual-exploitation-minor