Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
Steven Estrada Ramirez, a 23-year-old resident of Lowell, was sentenced on Mar. 11 in federal court in Boston to five years in prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris also ordered that Estrada serve five years of supervised release following his prison term. Upon completion of his sentence, Estrada is subject to deportation.
Estrada pleaded guilty in November 2025 to charges of receipt and possession of child pornography after being indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2024. Authorities identified Estrada as a participant in several groups on a mobile chat application where users shared and viewed child sexual abuse material.
At the time of his arrest, law enforcement found Estrada with a USB drive containing over 700 video files depicting child sexual abuse material, including content involving children estimated to be between one and eight years old. Investigators also discovered that the home screen of Estrada’s cell phone displayed an image of such material, and the device contained more than 5,000 images and videos related to these offenses.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, announced the sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren Maynard and Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus from the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
The prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 aimed at protecting children from exploitation and abuse. The program brings together federal, state, and local resources to locate offenders who exploit children and identify victims.
