Lake Forest Man Arrested In Interstate Child-Sex Scandal

LAKE FOREST, CA — An Orange County man surrendered to federal law enforcement on Tuesday and faces criminal charges relating to sex tourism and producing child pornography. His youngest victim, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, was 6-years-old.

Daniel Seibert, 28, of Lake Forest, was taken into custody by special agents with Homeland Security Investigations and made his first appearance at the United States District Court in Santa Ana, Wednesday.

Seibert entered a plea agreement, admitting to charges of producing child pornography, traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and the use of a facility of interstate commerce to induce a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Between March 29 and April 2 of 2019, Seibert traveled from California to Michigan to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 6-year-old girl, records show.

The victim's mother allegedly tried to render her daughter unconscious with the use of over the counter medication before Seibert engaged in sex acts, according to court documents.

Images later recovered during a search depicted his abuse of the child. Her mother is currently facing multiple child sexual abuse charges in Oregon state court.

Seibert also admitted to traveling to Utah in December 2018 and again in May 2019 to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a 14-year-old victim that he had met on the Internet.

Law enforcement also found more than 180 images and 19 videos of child exploitation images found during the November 2019 search of his residence.

Seibert faces a statutory maximum 75 year sentence in federal prison, once he enters his guilty plea.