Days after spending 11 years in prison, Carpenteria man reoffends
September 10, 2024
By KAREN VELIE
Days after being released from 11-years in prison for sex crimes against children, Giovanni Gonzalez, 34, of Carpinteria was arrested for reoffending. He pleaded guilty in February to one count of receipt of child pornography.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced Gonzalez to 135 months in prison for receiving thousands of videos containing child porn. United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner also ordered Gonzalez to pay $24,000 in restitution.
On Dec. 1, 2022, Gonzalez was paroled from a California state prison following a sentence of more than 17 years for posing as a teenage girl online and coercing at least eight minor female victims into engaging in sex acts and sending him the images.
“Within days of his release from state prison for despicable acts he committed against children, this defendant returned to his deplorable ways, obtaining thousands of videos showcasing the sexual exploitation of kids,” said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. “Protecting our children is central to my office’s mission and we will continue to use all available tools to those who participate in this wicked marketplace that traffics in child abuse.”
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