Source: Office of United States Attorneys
Uriah Jordan Buffalo Chief-Torrez, II of Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty in federal court January 21, 2025, to receipt and possession of child pornography.
At the plea hearing, Buffalo Chief-Torrez pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. In an interview with law enforcement, Buffalo Chief-Torrez admitted individuals on several social media platforms had tried to show and sell him child pornography. Buffalo Chief-Torrez admitted that individuals on Telegram would sell him “CP” for $65. Buffalo Chief-Torrez admitted that he viewed 15 or 16 videos of child pornography. Buffalo Chief-Torrez admitted he downloaded child pornography on nine separate occasions and had streamed others on social media. The images and videos contained material that portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct or the sexual abuse and exploitation of an infant or toddler.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Buffalo Chief-Torrez will remain in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Buffalo Chief-Torrez faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and five years to life of supervised release following any imprisonment.
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 the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”
The case was investigated by the Sioux City Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kraig R. Hamit.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 24-CR-4029. Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.