A Monroe man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for his role in the sexual abuse of three minor girls.
According to court documents and statements made in court, 34-year-old Hector Torres used various methods of communication to coerce the girls, ages 11 and 12, into sending him naked pictures of themselves and engaging in sexual activity with him.
On multiple occasions in February 2021, Torres picked up the girls in his car and brought them to a shopping plaza parking lot in Hartford where they each engaged in sexual activity with Torres at his direction.
Torres promised to give the girls money, sneakers, vaping supplies, and/or food if they sent him photos of their bodies and/or engaged in sex acts with him.
The abuse was uncovered in March 2021, when investigators reviewed at least three videos of Torres’s sexual abuse of the girls.
Torres has been detained since his arrest on April 13, 2021. On March 8, 2023, he pleaded guilty to two counts of coercion and enticement of minors to engage in sexual activity, and one count of production of child pornography.
This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Hartford Police Department, the Monroe Police Department, and the Connecticut Child Exploitation Task Force.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Angel M. Krull through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.
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Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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