Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, Enticement of a Minor, New York 2018

A 23-year-old Batavia man has been sentenced to 84 months in prison for enticing a minor to travel for criminal sexual activity.

Guillermo Torres-Acevedo was convicted of enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to a conviction announced on [no date provided].

On November 25, 2018, Torres-Acevedo, then a 22-year-old man, had sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl, Victim 1. Torres-Acevedo was arrested the following day for rape in violation of New York Penal Law.

Following his arrest, the defendant persuaded Victim 1 to travel with him out of state to continue their relationship. On November 29, 2018, Torres-Acevedo picked up Victim 1 from school in Genesee County, NY, and drove her to Pennsylvania, where they had sexual intercourse. Under Pennsylvania law, that constituted the crime of statutory sexual assault.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff William A. Sheron, Jr.; the New York State Police, under the direction of Major Eric Laughton; the Pennsylvania State Police, under the direction of Commissioner Lieutenant Colonel Robert Evanchick; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert.

Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 23, of Batavia, NY, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan A. Tokash, who handled the case, stated that Torres-Acevedo’s actions were ‘‘a serious breach of trust,’’ and that the defendant ‘‘preyed on a vulnerable victim, manipulating her into a situation that would cause her significant emotional and psychological harm.’’

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/batavia-man-sentenced-enticement-charge