A member of 764, a network of creeps who seek to normalize the production, sharing, and possession of child pornography, was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years in prison.
Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore, 47, of Kaleva, Mich., had pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, part of a broader indictment that charged him with other child exploitation offenses.
“Richard Densmore will spend the next 30 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child and for his role in creating 764’s online networks that coerced children into recording themselves engaging in self-harm, sexually explicit acts, and violence” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said. “No child should have to experience this heinous abuse. The Justice Department will ensure that criminals engaged in this depraved conduct are held accountable in a court of law.”
“This defendant orchestrated a community to target children through online gaming sites and used extortion and blackmail to force his minor victims to record themselves committing acts of self-harm and violence,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said. “If you prey on children online, you can’t hide behind a keyboard. The FBI will use all our resources and authorities to arrest you and hold you accountable.”
764
Members of 764 systematically targetg, groom and extort victims through online social media platforms. Members demand that victims engage in and share media of self-mutilation, sexual acts, harm to animals, acts of random violence, suicide and murder, all for the purpose of accelerating chaos and disrupting society and the world order.
Densmore, known as “Rabid,” became notorious in the 764 network by creating online “Sewer” communities on Discord where members recruited children – including by infiltrating online gaming sites that children frequent – to cut themselves and engage in graphic sexual acts.
Densmore boosted membership in “Sewer” by advertising livestreams of children engaging in self-mutilation – known as cutshows – and sexually explicit activity “on cam.”
Densmore kept child pornography and bloody images of “Rabid,” “Sewer,” and “764” carved into victims’ limbs, in some cases with razor blades and boxcutters nearby.
In October 2022, Densmore tried to persuade a minor girl to send him an explicit picture with “Rabid” written on her bare chest. When she expressed discomfort with that request, Densmore contacted another Discord user and paid him Nitro, a form of Discord currency, to help secure a sexually explicit picture of the intended victim.
Densmore’s efforts were successful, and the victim, at the request of the other Discord user, sent Densmore and the user a nude video of herself with “Rabid” written on her chest.
Monitor your kids’ online activities
The Justice Department and FBI remind parents and caregivers to understand and monitor their children’s online activities. They should also look for unexpected packages, as members of these abuse and extortion networks are known to send children razor blades, sexual devices, gifts, and other materials to use in creating online content.
The FBI further advised the public to take a number of precautionary steps, including:
- Looking for fresh cuts, bruises, wounds, and scars in unusual patterns;
- Looking for sudden behavior and appearance changes;
- Being attentive to children wearing long sleeves or pants in unusual circumstances;
- Monitoring children’s online activity and discussing the risks of sharing information and content; and
- Running frequent online searches of family and children’s information to help identify and prevent the spread of personal information on the internet.
If you are worried about someone who might be self-harming or is at risk of suicide, please consult a health care professional or call 911 in the event of an immediate threat.
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