Source: Office of United States Attorneys
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jack Rocker (19, Tampa) pleaded guilty on December 16, 2024, to possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Rocker faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Rocker will also be required to register as a sex offender and pay restitution to the victims. The government is also seeking forfeiture of Rocker’s cellphone, thumb drive, and laptop which were used to commit the offense. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 14, 2025.
According to court filings, Rocker was a member of a network of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists called “764.” Members of “764” use online social media communications platforms as mediums to support the possession, production, and sharing of extreme gore media and CSAM.
On January 19, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search at Rocker’s home and seized his cellphone, thumb drive, and laptop, all of which contained CSAM. At the time, the FBI determined that Rocker’s devices contain more than 8,300 images and videos of CSAM, including images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers, masochistic sexual behavior, and bestiality.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Ilyssa Spergel and Karyna Valdes.
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. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.