United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota
06/03/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/03/2026 14:23
Rapid City Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Child Solicitation and Child Pornography Charges
RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet and Receipt of Child Pornography. The sentencing took place on June 1, 2026.
On each charge, Brockton Dominquez, 28, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100 in special assessments to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Each sentence was ordered to run concurrently with the other for a total of 20 years. Dominquez was also ordered to pay restitution of $10,000 to a victim of his child pornography offense.
Dominquez was indicted for the charges by a federal grand jury in August 2024 and February 2026. He pleaded guilty on February 17, 2026.
On July 12, 2024, Dominquez used his Facebook account to begin an online conversation with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl but was, unbeknownst to Dominquez, an undercover police officer. On August 2, 2024, Dominquez reinitiated conversation with the girl and made arrangements to meet with who he believed would be the 14-year-old girl at West Middle School in Rapid City. Dominquez arrived only to find police officers on scene to arrest him.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Rapid City Police Department, and the Pennington County Sheriff's Office. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Knox prosecuted the case.
Dominquez was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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