WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – Federal prosecutors said a registered sex offender from Wayne County tried to arrange the sexual abuse of a young child and then sent an explicit video involving a young girl.
It’s a case that unfolded in graphic messages with an undercover agent posing online as the parent of a girl under 10 years old.
Nathan Baker, 31, of Flat Rock, was indicted on one count of distribution of child sexually abusive material on March 11, 2026.
The government’s earlier criminal complaint asked for three federal violations: distribution of child pornography, receipt and possession of child pornography, and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
The investigation began in September 2025, when an undercover Homeland Security agent entered chat rooms on a social media app, “some of which were dedicated to child pornography or the apparent sexual abuse of children,” the complaint said.
Prosecutors said a user account with the name “spclneeds” reached out and quickly focused on the undercover agent’s supposed child.
The chats with ‘spclneeds’
“What’s up with promoting you have a daughter?” the ‘spclneeds’ account allegedly said, later saying, “Like, is she cute?”
Spclneeds: “Are you like trying to get her out? Or do you just want guys to appreciate her?”
The undercover agent told the user, “I’ve let other guys play with her before,” according to the complaint. The account responded with a series of questions about the child and whether she “liked” what was happening, then assured the undercover agent he wouldn’t be rough.
The account “spclneeds” then described his past, including one encounter when he was 22, in which he said he believed someone was older but “turns out she was only 14.”
“And she’s 8, you said?”
Weeks later, prosecutors said “spclneeds” reopened the subject.
“How your daughter doing?” he allegedly asked on Oct. 22, 2025, before describing the sex acts he said he wanted and signaling he believed it could be arranged with the parents’ help.
“I would like to a lot, the only issue would be how much money you’re wanting,” the “spclneeds” account said.
The undercover agent suggested “$250,” and “spclneeds” allegedly said he’d need time to come up with the money but was “very interested.”
When the undercover agent sent images described in the complaint as “age regressed” and “gender swapped,” “spclneeds” reacted enthusiastically.
“She’s really so beautiful, my heart’s racing a little thinking I’ll be able to see her soon,” the account allegedly said. When he confirmed the child’s age, he added, “And she’s 8, you said?”
The next day, the messages became even more explicit, focusing on sexual acts the user said he wanted to perform and asking about arranging a time to meet, according to the feds.
The feds said the chats expanded to the exchange of sexual images. In one exchange, “spclneeds” allegedly sent an image and said, “she’s 13” and described how he believed he knew her age.
The user said he was “down in Flat Rock”
By November, the undercover agent asked whether the man had been talking to “anyone young.”
The user answered that he’d been told about another platform and claimed he spoke with a “real hot 16yo,” then sent multiple explicit images and estimated the girls’ ages as “14-17ish,” the complaint said.
By mid-November, the user allegedly told the undercover agent, “Someone just sent a video, looks like a girl around 7,” then asked, “Want me to send it here?”
Prosecutors said the user then sent a video so graphic it could not be described.
Soon after, the original account was banned.
Prosecutors said the user created a second account: “spclneed,” and continued.
In those later messages, the user said he was “down in Flat Rock,” described his vehicle, and again referenced a desire to see the child’s reaction while committing sex acts, according to the feds.
Baker’s arrest and next court date
Investigators said they tied the accounts to Baker through subscriber records and internet information, and showed that Baker is a convicted sex offender.
On Feb. 25, 2026, agents said they searched Baker’s Flat Rock home and interviewed him.
Baker allegedly admitted the “spclneeds” account was his and said it had been “deactivated.”
When asked if he had sent a video he “shouldn’t have,” Baker allegedly said he might have. And when asked what it showed, he said, “probably child pornography,” the feds said. Baker described the video as “a little girl performing sexual acts on what appeared to be a grown man.”
Baker also admitted participating in groups where minors would join, estimated he had chatted with approximately 20 minors, and acknowledged that a small number of groups contained child sexually abusive material, including one that involved what he described as “real young” material with children “as young as toddlers,” court records showed.
Baker remains behind bars. He faces 15 to 40 years in prison and up to lifetime monitoring.
A future court date has not yet been set.