RIVERSIDE, CALIF.
A San Bernardino County woman has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging she produced child pornography of her boyfriend’s daughter, who is under the age of 12 years old.
Stefani Kasey Marie Stevens, 28, of Yucaipa, was arrested at her home on Friday afternoon.
Stevens has been charged with one count of production of child pornography. Her arraignment is scheduled for Dec.17.
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, on Nov. 8, law enforcement officers executed two search warrants at Stevens’s home.
Stevens agreed to be interviewed by law enforcement and she admitted to using her iPhone to take sexually explicit photographs of a minor girl, the affidavit states.
Stevens allegedly told law enforcement that she had taken between eight and 10 sexually explicit images of the victim and later sent them to someone on the online messaging service Kik.
Kik previously identified a user account as having uploaded child exploitation material to its platform, the affidavit states. That user account was identified as belonging to Stevens, the affidavit states.
During the search, law enforcement seized Stevens’s iPhone, two tablets, a desktop computer, and bedding that matched bedding depicted in the sexually explicit photographs, according to the affidavit.
Stevens is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
If convicted of this charge, Stevens faces from 15 years to 30 years in federal prison.
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This matter was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert S. Trisotto of the Riverside Branch Office.