Attorney General Secures Prison Sentence for Online Child Predator

PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that Gabriel Spencer Carr has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following his conviction for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class 2 Felony, Dangerous Crime Against Children. Carr was also sentenced to lifetime supervised probation with sex offender terms, on two counts of Attempt to Commit Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Class 3 Felonies, pursuant to a plea agreement. 

"We are vigilantly investigating and prosecuting online predators and those exploiting vulnerable Arizona children," said Attorney General Kris Mayes. "I'm proud that my office works so closely with federal and local law enforcement partners to protect victims and bring these online predators to justice." 

Carr was indicted after he posted multiple files online of children engaged in exploitive exhibition and/or other sexual conduct. The children from these files posted online were later identified as Victim A and Victim B. Law enforcement officers also found additional child sexual abuse material on Carr’s cellphone, and those victims are still unknown. A medical professional estimated each child in the files was under 15 years of age, with the youngest child estimated at under 5 years old.

Carr’s conviction is a result of a collaborative effort among the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, its Special Investigations Section, and Homeland Security Investigations, a federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Carolina M. Lopez within the Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. The Victim Services Section also assisted with the case.

At the sentencing, the victims’ legal representative shared the impact of Carr’s actions, and obtained a lifetime no-contact injunction, possible through A.R.S. § 13-719. Carr’s lifetime probation will begin after he serves his prison sentence.

A copy of the indictment is available here. A copy of the signed plea is here. A copy of Carr's photo is available here.