Former city commissioner for West Covina, California sentenced for child exploitation violations, following ICE investigation

LOS ANGELES – An official in a position of public trust was sentenced on March 17 in the Central District of California to 151 months, lifetime supervision and paying victim restitution for violations, including the possession, distribution, and receipt of child sexual abuse material, following a joint U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Postal Service investigation.

Herbert Redholtz, a Southern California native, previously served as a city commissioner for the city of West Covina, California, and was part of the Community and Senior Services Commission.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles Child Exploitation Investigations Task Force, acting on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, obtained a federal search warrant for an email account belonging to Redholtz. Agents subsequently discovered over 950 images and videos of containing suspected CSAM involving children, including infants and toddlers.

This is an ICE HSI Los Angeles led investigation. ICE HSI is a global leader in the fight against child exploitation and is committed to protecting children from exploitation by predators involved in the production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material and travel in foreign commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors.

Report suspected child exploitation to the ICE Tip Line at 1-866-347-2423 or through the Cyber Tipline on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's website.

Learn more about ICE HSI’s mission to protect children in your community on X at @HSILosAngeles.

Know2Protect is a national public awareness campaign from the Department of Homeland Security. K2P’s aim is to educate and empower children, teens, parents, trusted adults and policymakers to prevent, combat and report online child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information, please visit Know2Protect’s YouTube playlists at Know2Protect Campaign PSA Playlist and Know2Protect Digital Safety Series Playlist on the DHS main channel. Additional resources are available at Know2Protect.gov and @Know2Protect on Instagram, Facebook and X.