A Los Angeles County man will spend 30 years in federal prison for producing and distributing disturbing child abuse videos that showed him sexually abusing a toddler.
David Lisandro Perez Figueroa, 23, of Monrovia, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 360 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, and he was ordered to pay $2,799 in restitution.
From at least July 2023 until his arrest later that year, Perez Figueroa recorded himself sexually abusing a 2-year-old child and distributed the videos on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
An X account linked to Perez Figueroa was discovered by law enforcement agents in the United Kingdom who were investigating a separate matter, and the information was passed along to federal agents in the U.S.
On Dec. 5, 2023, a search warrant was served at his home and he was taken into custody.
Perez Figueroa remained in custody for months, finally pleading guilty to felony charges in November 2024.
His 30-year sentence is less than the statutory maximum sentence of 50 years in federal prison as part of the two-count indictment.
The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security.
