SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Thursday, the Untied States Department of Justice announced a Sacramento man plead guilty to the sexual exploitation of a minor
40-year-old Roland Edward Bain of Sacramento entered the guilty plea on Thursday.
Court documents revealed that Bain engaged in a pattern of activity between March 6, 2024, and May 5, 2024 in which he persuaded a minor victim to create and send sexually explicit material to him.
Bain and the victim communicated via their smartphones, and the victim used her phone to create sexually explicit material at the request of Bain.
Authorities say that as part of this conduct, Bain also engaged in sex acts with the victim. Throughout the course of conduct, Bain was aware the victim was under the age of 18.
According to the Department of Justice, Bain also engaged in a pattern of activity involving prohibited sexual conduct with other minors as well.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sacramento Sheriff Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted the investigation.
Bain is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley on June 18, 2026. He faces a mandatory minimum statutory penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum statutory penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The Department of Justice says the actual sentence will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the federal Sentencing Guidelines. Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Harman is prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The project marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.