A MAGA influencer known for posting sensationalized videos of homeless people in San Francisco was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of producing child sex abuse material.
Ricci Wynne, 39, known as Raw Ricci to his more than 100,000 Instagram followers, was first arrested in November and charged with pimping and pandering by procuring, HuffPost previously reported. He was taken into custody alongside a woman shortly after arriving at San Francisco International Airport.
The influencer was already being investigated by San Francisco police at the time of his November arrest and was named a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, according to The San Francisco Standard. Authorities say they found evidence on Wynne’s cellphones and at his luxury apartment that indicated he was facilitating a sex work operation that spanned multiple cities.
Wynne pleaded not guilty to those charges, according to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
On Tuesday, however, a federal grand jury indicted Wynne on two counts of producing child pornography, according to an indictment obtained by HuffPost.
The document accuses Wynne of producing child sex abuse material in April and October 2022 with two different minors. He is currently in federal custody, and if convicted, he would face a maximum of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Wynne built a social media following as a purported hard-on-crime activist by filming homeless people, sometimes harassing them, and showing drug use in San Francisco’s SoMa and Tenderloin districts. He has appeared on Fox News as a guest on “Jesse Watters Primetime” and “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”