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Northern California Democrat Charged in a Complaint for Allegedly Trying to Have Sex with Multiple Minors at a Fictitious Hotel Party
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LOS ANGELES – A Placer County resident made his initial appearance today
after he allegedly arranged to have sex with minors at a fictitious hotel
party.

Michael Batchelor, 30, of Placer County is charged in a criminal complaint
with one count of attempted production of child pornography, one count of
attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illegal criminal sexual
activity, and one count of distribution and possession of child
pornography.

Batchelor made his initial appearance today in United States District
Court in downtown Los Angeles and his detention hearing has been scheduled
for July 22.

According to the complaint, prior to the encounter, Batchelor allegedly
planned for what kind of children he would have sex with and what he would
do to them. Batchelor was allegedly looking for minors who were in the
age range of “6 to 14” and had “blonde” hair. Batchelor allegedly
expressed interest in producing child pornography of the encounter.
Batchelor also allegedly provided pictures and videos of child
pornography, including children appearing to be younger than 10 years old
being molested by adult men.

On July 17, Batchelor allegedly traveled to Los Angeles intending to have
sex and produce child pornography with three minor girls, two of whom were
under the age of 10, while he was visiting family. Batchelor had allegedly
brought $200 to pay for the hotel room where the sexual activity was
supposed to occur, along with a recent STD test. Shortly after arriving at
a prearranged location near the site of the fictitious hotel party,
Batchelor was arrested and is currently being detained by law enforcement.

“It is essential that we protect our children from predators who
perpetrate the sorts of despicable crimes alleged in this complaint,” said
United States Attorney Martin Estrada. “We will continue to leverage our
resources to ferret out efforts to sexually exploit children and hold
those bad actors accountable.”

“Yesterday’s arrest once again sends a clear message to child predators
that they are now the prey and that this abhorrent criminal activity will
not be tolerated,” said HSI Los Angeles Special Agent in Charge Eddy Wang.
“HSI Los Angeles and our partners will do everything in our power to
protect the children of our communities.”

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation, and each defendant is
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
in a court of law.

If convicted of all charges, Batchelor faces a mandatory minimum sentence
of 15 years and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Homeland Security Investigations and New Jersey State Police investigated
this matter.

Assistant United States Attorneys Catharine A. Richmond and Chris M.
Brunwin of the Violent and Organized Crime Section are prosecuting this
matter.

Contact
Ciaran McEvoy
Public Information Officer
***@usdoj.gov
(213) 894-4465

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2024-07-19 07:13:18 UTC
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LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man was arrested today on a three-
count federal grand jury indictment alleging he used Instagram to
advertise sexually explicit images of high school girls without their
permission, to distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to
further threaten victims who objected to his behavior.

Alejandro Garcia Aranda, 23, of Sylmar, is charged with one count of
advertisement of child pornography, one count of distribution of child
pornography, and one count transmitting threatening communications with
intent to extort.

Aranda’s arraignment is scheduled for this afternoon in United States
District Court in downtown Los Angeles.

According to the indictment that a federal grand jury returned on June 27,
in April and May of 2020, Aranda used the Instagram handle
“valleyhoezzz818” with the self-proclaimed goal of “[e]xposing all valley
hoes with their @’s” to target local girls who attended schools in the San
Fernando Valley.

Using Cash App, PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle, Aranda allegedly received
payments from customers who wanted to obtain sexually explicit content of
the victims that he had advertised and offered to sell on the Instagram
account. After receiving and confirming payment, using the Instagram
account, Aranda then allegedly sent a direct message to customers and
provided a link to a zip file containing the sexually explicit photographs
of his victims.

When victims discovered that sexually explicit materials depicting them
were being advertised and disseminated by Aranda and requested that he
stop and remove them, Aranda allegedly attempted to extract further
additional sexually explicit material from them, including by threatening
to post additional photographs.

An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime.
Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty
in court.

If convicted of all charges, Aranda would face a mandatory minimum
sentence of 15 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of
30 years in federal prison for the child pornography advertisement count,
a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and up to 20
years in federal prison for the child pornography distribution count, and
up to two years in federal prison on the threats count.

The FBI is investigating this matter.

Assistant United States Attorney Kathy Yu, Chief of Ethics and Post-
Conviction Review, is prosecuting this case.

Contact
Ciaran McEvoy
Public Information Officer
***@usdoj.gov
(213) 894-4465

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