A 44-year-old Vallejo man was sentenced Monday in federal court docket in Sacramento to 30 years behind bars for youngster intercourse crimes and in addition will face proceedings subsequent month in Solano County Superior Courtroom for crimes towards the victims, a U.S. Division of Justice official mentioned.
Tariq Arrhamann Majid was sentenced to jail for 2 counts of sexual exploitation of kids, Phillip A. Talbert, the U.S. Lawyer for the DOJ’s Jap District of California, mentioned in a press assertion.
In response to court docket paperwork, Majid was arrested in late 2018, following an investigation involving the web sharing of kid pornography. Investigators found pictures and movies of Majid sexually abusing two minors, one among whom was 9 years previous on the time of the offense, Talbert mentioned within the ready assertion. Investigators ultimately recognized the 2 youngster victims depicted within the movies, and Majid admitted that he was the abuser depicted within the recordings.
Throughout the investigation, it was found that Majid had contact with many different minors who got here from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds.
“He sought out alternatives to work with youngsters, each in formal and casual settings, and he would purport to be their mentor whereas grooming them for sexual abuse,” Talbert wrote.
A number of extra victims of Majid’s abuse have come ahead because the investigation started, and he has been charged in Solano County Superior Courtroom along with his crimes towards these victims, famous Talbert.
Courtroom information present Majid faces a abstract judgment at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 7 in Division 7 within the Justice Constructing in Vallejo. A abstract judgment, utilized in circumstances the place there isn't any dispute concerning the info, is a choose’s determination primarily based on statements and proof with out going to trial. Nevertheless, after the judgment, Choose Tim P. Kam could determine to finish the case or proceed to trial in state court docket.
“The prolonged sentence imposed in the present day (in federal court docket) displays the abhorrent crimes that this defendant dedicated towards a number of youngsters,” Talbert added. “My workplace will proceed to work in partnership with state, federal, and native legislation enforcement to pursue predators reminiscent of this defendant and make sure the security of our group’s most susceptible members.”
Assistant U.S. Lawyer Michele Beckwith prosecuted the case.
Introduced as a part of Challenge Secure Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Could 2006 by the DOJ to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse, the case stemmed from an investigation by the California Freeway Patrol Pc Crimes Investigation Unit, the Golden Gate Particular Investigations Unit, and the FBI.
Led by the US Attorneys’ Places of work and the Prison Division’s Baby Exploitation and Obscenity Part, PSC brings collectively federal, state, and native sources to search out, arrest, and prosecute those that sexually exploit youngsters, and to establish and rescue victims.
For extra details about Challenge Secure Childhood, go to www.usdoj.gov/psc. Click on on the “sources” tab for particulars about internet-safety schooling.