A San Bernardino lady was sentenced Monday to 4 many years in jail for acquiring custody of her personal toddler niece with the intention to produce and share youngster pornography of the newborn, in response to federal prosecutors in Los Angeles.
Stefani Kasey Marie Stevens, 31, was discovered responsible in November 2022 of six counts of manufacturing of kid pornography, one rely of distribution of the fabric, and one rely of acquiring custody of a minor with intent to supply youngster pornography.
Prosecutors within the Central District of California requested a federal decide to condemn Stevens to life in jail, saying that was the one manner to make sure that the predator by no means once more abused any kids.
However the decide within the case, Virginia Phillips, sentenced Stevens to 40 years plus lifetime supervised launch when she will get out.
Stevens started babysitting her 5-month-old niece in 2019 after the kid’s mom, Stevens’ sister-in-law, obtained a job.
However inside hours of taking in the toddler, Stevens created sexually specific materials of her and despatched it to a person on the messaging software Kik, prosecutors proved at trial.
As well as, Stevens additionally took care of a 7-year-old youngster whose father was working and she or he created youngster pornography of that minor as effectively. That youngster was in Stevens’ custody in October and November 2018, in response to prosecutors.
She saved the pictures and movies of the minors in a web based account the place she additionally stored a whole bunch of different youngster pornography movies and pictures, in response to prosecutors.
“Defendant’s conduct is abhorrent. Defendant acted out her sexual fantasies on not one, however two kids, together with an toddler,” federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum final month, by which they referred to as Stevens’ crimes “evil.”
