Victorville Man Who Used Instagram to Pose as Teenage Football Player to Sexually Exploit …

A San Bernardino County man was sentenced to 540 months in federal prison for sexually exploiting two teenage girls he met on Instagram, including by posing as a teenage boy to entice them into having a sexual relationship, and for bringing one victim from San Luis Obispo County to Mexico to engage in illicit sexual activity. Daniel Navarro, 42, of Victorville, was sentenced by United States District Judge André Birotte, Jr., who also ordered him to pay $15,000 in restitution. Navarro has been in federal custody since July 2022. At the conclusion of a four-day trial in July 2025, a jury found Navarro guilty of six felonies: two counts of sexual exploitation of a child to produce a sexually explicit visual depiction, one count of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, one count of transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of transportation of child pornography. According to evidence presented at trial, from at least August 2021 until July 2022, Navarro used Instagram to entice two 14-year-old girls into believing he was “Danny,” a 15-year-old football player from California, using the
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