A California man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for child exploitation offenses, including secretly filming an 11-year-old Massachusetts girl as she changed in her bedroom and transporting child pornography.
Jacob Guerrero, 27, of Woodland, California, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton in Boston federal court. After pleading guilty to one count of sexually exploiting a child in August 2024 and transportation of child pornography in May 2025, Guerrero was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term. He was originally arrested and charged by criminal complaint on April 14, 2022.
“A core tenet of the mission of the Department of Justice is to keep communities safe, especially children and other vulnerable members of society. Mr. Guerrero targeted young children by tracking their moves and then, even worse, violated one young girl’s privacy while she was in the safety of her own home, all for his own sexual gratification,” said Leah B. Foley, United States Attorney. “With our law enforcement partners, we will spare no effort in protecting kids from predators like Mr. Guerrero.”
“Jacob Guerrero is a deeply disturbed and dangerous man who devised a twisted plan to prey upon children, specifically to abuse and exploit them,” said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division. “With these hideous crimes, this predator has forfeited his right to walk among us and will be kept behind bars and away from children for quite some time. My sincere thanks to the Wrentham Police Department for their hard work and partnership on this case.”
According to investigators, Guerrero spent two weeks monitoring the victim’s home—taking notes on when she and her siblings showered or changed clothes—before climbing onto a garage roof outside her second-floor bedroom window on March 17, 2021. There he recorded video footage as she changed for bed.
Authorities also found that Guerrero had observed several other Massachusetts homes where children lived under similar circumstances.
In addition to these incidents in Massachusetts, evidence showed that during summer 2019 in New Jersey he secretly filmed minors as young as eight years old; he pleaded guilty to those offenses as well.
The investigation began after allegations surfaced that Guerrero attempted to record minor females at Wrentham Outlets bathrooms and changing rooms using pen cameras attached to his shoes while disguised with a wig and women’s clothing.
Members of the public with questions or information about this case are encouraged to call 617-748-3274.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Foley along with FBI Special Agent Docks and Wrentham Police Chief William McGrath; special assistance came from the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Grady prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood—a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 aimed at protecting children from exploitation through collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies—and more information can be found at https://www.justice.gov/psc.
