Benito Montes de Oca Cruz, Sexually Abusing Inmate, Florida 2022

MIAMI – A 60-year-old Miami man who worked as a site supervisor for a federal Bureau of Prisons contractor has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a woman he monitored while she was serving part of her 51-month sentence at home.

Benito Montes de Oca Cruz, a site supervisor for Riverside House, a contractor responsible for providing custodial, supervisory, and disciplinary oversight to federal inmates in home confinement, visited the woman at her home on December 28, 2020.

While there, Cruz engaged in sexual contact with the victim, including touching her sexually while they were both naked, according to law enforcement.

Evidence against Cruz included a video that captured the illegal activity and DNA that he left behind.

Law enforcement received information on this illicit activity and promptly investigated, ultimately leading to Cruz’s arrest and prosecution.

The full sentence imposed by United States District Judge Robert N. Scola was four months’ imprisonment, to be followed by one year of supervised release, with the first 120 days of supervised release in home confinement.

Cruz must surrender to the federal Bureau of Prisons on June 1. U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge James Boyersmith of the Office of the Inspector General announced the sentence.

The case was investigated by the Office of the Inspector General and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward N. Stamm.

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