LOS ANGELES
A Cudahy man who previously was convicted in state court of child sex abuse offenses plead guilty in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography, the Justice Department announced Friday.
Jesse Beltran, 35, entered his guilty plea on Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez.
According to his plea agreement, Beltran was convicted in 2008 in Los Angeles Superior Court of two counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child younger than 14 years of age. He was sentenced to eight years in California state prison for those offenses.
Beltran was on parole for that conviction in May 2019 when FBI agents executed a search warrant at his home and recovered a smartphone containing 256 images and 14 videos of child pornography, according to officials.
The victims in the sexually explicit images and videos included prepubescent children, Beltran admitted in his plea agreement.
Judge Gutierrez scheduled an Aug. 10 sentencing hearing, officials stated.
Beltran is facing up to 20 years in prison, officials maintain.