Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A California man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for child exploitation offenses involving a Massachusetts minor. Jacob Guerrero, 27, of Woodland, California, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton in Boston federal court. Following his release, Guerrero will be subject to five years of supervised release.
Guerrero pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of sexually exploiting a child and in May 2025 to transportation of child pornography. He was 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 court documents, Guerrero spent two weeks observing the victim’s home in Massachusetts and noting when she and her siblings would shower or change clothes. On March 17, 2021, he climbed onto a garage attached to the family’s house and recorded video footage through an upstairs window as an 11-year-old girl changed for bed.
Investigators determined that Guerrero took similar notes about other children living at different homes across Massachusetts. Authorities also discovered evidence 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 reports surfaced that Guerrero had attempted to record underage girls at Wrentham Outlets bathrooms and changing rooms using hidden cameras disguised as pens attached to his shoes while dressed in women’s clothing.
Members of the public with information or concerns related to this case are encouraged to contact authorities at 617-748-3274.
U.S. Attorney Foley announced the sentencing alongside FBI Special Agent Docks and Wrentham Police Chief William McGrath. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office provided special assistance during prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Grady.
This prosecution falls under Project Safe Childhood—an initiative started by the Department of Justice in 2006 aimed at combating child exploitation through coordination among federal, state, and local agencies nationwide (https://www.justice.gov/psc).
