Today, defendant Robert Fuentez pled guilty to two counts of attempted lewd acts upon a child (Penal Code §288(a)).

Under the terms of the negotiated plea agreement, Mr. Fuentez faces a four-year state prison sentence. The conviction constitutes two-strike offenses under California’s Three Strikes Law and requires lifetime sex offender registration pursuant to Penal Code §290.

The charges stem from an incident where the defendant used electronic communication to contact an individual he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. During the interaction, Mr. Fuentez sent multiple nude photographs, including one that thoughtfully provided its own metric reference, an optimistic 3 inches, and solicited nude photographs from the purported minor, and attempted to arrange a physical meeting. The defendant further requested that the intended victim bring two younger female cousins, aged 11 and 5, to the arranged meeting location.

He was subsequently confronted by well-known internet personality JiDion, who was conducting a sting operation aimed at identifying and exposing individuals attempting to engage in sexual contact with minors. During this encounter, Mr. Fuentez provided a full confession and admitted to having a large stash of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors.