Santa Clara sex offender gets nearly 13 years for child enticement

SAN JOSE A Santa Clara resident was sentenced to years and months in federal prison for posing as a woman to entice a boy to masturbate on camera court records show Sergio Casper Contreras was already a registered sex offender and on probation for a prior child pornography conviction at the time of the offense And he has been to prison before court records say that in a judge sentenced him to months in federal prison for possessing thousand of graphic pictures and dozens of videos depicting children This situation was initiated in partially by Contreras himself After failing a polygraph exam he admitting to possessing an electronic device that violated his search terms Agents investigated and located he had posed as a -year-old woman to entice a -year-old boy to masturbate on a video chat site that pairs up strangers He had other conversations with boys during the same time frame and during the matter admitted to molesting three kids in separate uncharged incidents two of which occurred when he was a teen prosecutors alleged in court records Contreras lawyer wrote in a sentencing memo that Contreras suffered abuse throughout his childhood and that this circumstance was a upshot of Contreras trying to rehabilitate himself out of guilt Mr Contreras actions in this situation exemplify his desire to stop the offending conduct and reach out for help a defense sentencing memo says He has been fully compliant and remorseful from the outset of the matter Contreras was charged in and pleaded guilty two child enticement and possession of child pornography at his first court appearance records show Contreras is being housed at a federal prison in Victorville records show He was also ordered to pay to the boy he victimized