This month, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Crimes Against Children Detail and the Los Angeles Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force participated in Operation Online Guardian. The operation’s objective was to combat online child sexual predators.


On Wednesday, Crimes Against Children investigators and parole agents continued an ongoing investigation into the possession of child pornography.

Investigators say 38-year-old Nicholas Burstein communicated with an unidentified 16-year-old girl who lived out of state via the internet.

Burstein shared obscene material and received sexually explicit photographs from the victim.

At the conclusion of the investigation, Burstein was arrested for Possession of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography with Prior Sex Crime Convictions, Sending Obscene Matter to a Minor, and Contacting a Minor to Commit a Felony.

He was booked at the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto, in lieu of $1,000,000 bail. Burstein has previous child sex crime convictions and is a registered sex offender on active parole.

Detectives believe there may be additional victims, and they are encouraged to call Detective Wendy Winegar of the Specialized Investigations Division, Crimes Against Children Detail, at (909) 890-4904.