A Virginia man who sent dozens of sexually explicit images of children, including toddlers, to users on Kik has been convicted for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material or CSAM.
Antonio Rudy Gonzalez, 41, of Alexandria, was convicted Thursday in district court following a bench trial. He was on court-ordered supervision at the time of the offense.
His chat records reveal that he had wrote to another Kik user that his “two favorite things are rape and kids.”
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in April 2024, law enforcement began an investigation into Gonzalez for distributing CSAM on the mobile-based messaging platform.
The investigation revealed that Gonzalez had sent dozens of images of children, including toddler-aged children, engaged in sexually explicit conduct to multiple other Kik users.
Gonzalez was found guilty Thursday on two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
In 2013, Gonzalez had previously been convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia of distribution of child pornography.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 27, 2026. Due to his prior conviction, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.
The FBI Washington field office investigated the case.
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