BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Two people from Bakersfield have pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor related to production of child sex abuse material and now face decades in prison, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Roy Richard Truitt III, 43, and Amber Louise Lowe, 48, both pleaded guilty Monday to charges against them, the U.S. District Attorney\u2019s Office in Fresno said in a release.<\/p>\n
RELATED: 2 Bakersfield residents indicted on federal child porn charges <\/a><\/p>\n Truitt pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and being a registered sex offender committing a felony involving a minor. Lowe pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and receipt and distribution of child pornography.<\/p>\n The two were indicted in 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n Truitt and Lowe together conspired and sexually exploited a minor producing sexually abusive photographs of the victim between Aug. 28, 2018 and Sept. 2, 2018. Truitt was required to register as a sex offender and received the images from Lowe, prosecutors said in a release.<\/p>\n Truitt faces a minimum 25 years in prison and a maximum 50 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor; He also faces a mandatory consecutive sentence of 10 years in prison for committing a felony against a minor while a registered sex offender.<\/p>\n