Arizona man sentenced for livestreaming children being sexually abused

An Arizona man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for livestreaming children being sexually assaulted.

David Berry Garmarnik, who had previously pleaded guilty to one count of attempted production of child pornography, agreed to a plea deal after admitting he requested and directed sexually explicit conduct of children under the age of 12, including some as young as 7, authorities said.

Court records show Garmarnik was a participant in an international child-exploitation network that live-streamed the sexual abuse of minors for paying offenders around the world.

He was linked to more than 100 online interactions with traffickers between 2017 and 2022, and records obtained from Microsoft revealed thousands of messages, media files and call logs consistent with child-exploitation activity.

Garmarnik also sent over 100 payments to individuals in the Philippines, including a known trafficker whose operation abused children as young as 2 years old, according to a financial subpoena. Garmarnik admitted to paying for about 100 live-streamed shows involving minors and acknowledged he downloaded child sexual abuse material and communicated with traffickers through his Skype account, authorities said.

“Live‑streamed child sexual abuse is one of the most urgent and devastating forms of exploitation, and offenders who fuel it will be met with swift, aggressive and unrelenting prosecution,” U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine said in a news release. “These crimes inflict real‑time harm on real children, and our office will pursue anyone who participates in this abuse, no matter where they hide or how they operate. We are grateful to HSI for its relentless work in dismantling international trafficking networks and for ensuring that those who prey on children are brought to justice.”

The case against Garmarnik was part of Project Safe Childhood, which is a nationwide initiative to fight the growing epidemic of child exploitation and abuse. It was launched in May 2026 by the Department of Justice and is led by U.S. Attorneys Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.

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