A Springfield man was convicted Thursday after a four-day trial for possession and receipt of child sex abuse materials and other charges, according to U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah B Foley’s office.
Bairon Ubeda, 45, was convicted on one count of possession of child sexual abuse materials, one count of receipt of child sex abuse materials and one count of sexual exploitation of children.
Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 24.
Ubeda was indicted on federal charges in May 2023, while serving a state sentence for aggravated rape and abuse of a child, posing or exhibiting a child in a state of nudity, disseminating child sex abuse material, trafficking of a person for sexual servitude, extortion, larceny, assault and battery and trafficking of a person under 18 years of age for sexual servitude.
Federal court documents state that from December 2018 through February 2019, Ubeda employed, used, persuaded, induced and coerced a 3-year-old to engage in sexually explicit conduct so he could create child sex abuse images.
In 2019, Ubeda was found guilty on several counts of child rape of a 15-year-old and extortion of a woman. A Hampden County Superior Court judge sentenced Ubeda to 10 to 12 years in state prison after the guilty verdict.
A federal investigation led authorities to file child exploitation charges against Ubeda. He’s expected to be arraigned on the charges and go to trial unless there is a plea agreement, while he remains in custody for his prior conviction.
Sexual exploitation of a child carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
The charge of receipt of child sex abuse images carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
The charge of possession of child sex abuse images has a mandatory minimum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000, according to federal officials.
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