ALEXANDRIA, VA. — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Criminal - Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section), published as received.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while on supervised release for a similar offense.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in April 2024, a Kik messaging platform user was reported to be distributing CSAM. Further investigation revealed that the user was Antonio Rudy Gonzalez, 41. Gonzalez requested and distributed images of children, including toddlers, engaged in sexually explicit conduct, to multiple other Kik users. In his messages, Gonzalez indicated that he was “only into kids.” In 2013, Gonzalez had previously been convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia of distribution of child pornography. His Kik username at that time was nearly identical to the one used in 2024, and he advertised himself as being interested in “little girls, rape, incest, teens.”

In September 2025, Gonzalez was convicted at trial on two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography for his 2024 conduct.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Vanessa Strobbe for the Eastern District of Virginia and Trial Attorney Nadia Prinz of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) are prosecuting the case.

The FBI Washington Field Office investigated the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:25-cr-213.