FBI Seeking Victims of Sacramento Man Charged with Sexually Exploiting Children

Published on November 15, 2023

Federal authorities are asking the public to come forward with information if they or someone they know has been victimized by a Sacramento-based man charged with creating child pornography and distributing images and videos on social media. A grand jury indicted 35-year-old Dakota Jeremiah Pevino, also-known as Dakota Jeremiah Viggiano, Nov. 13 with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, distribution and possession of sexually explicit material. Charging documents allege the defendant shared videos of adult males sexually abusing minors on the encrypted social media platform Telegram this summer. Further photographic and video evidence collected by authorities allegedly shows the defendant produced such material in his home and shared illegal content on multiple social media apps....