Midland Man to Serve 29 Years for Coercing Minor
A 37-year-old Midland man was sentenced to 29 years and 7 months in federal prison for coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez in El Paso.
Midland resident Kenneth Simon Brzoznowski will serve his prison term, followed by 10 years under supervised release, as ordered by U.S. District Judge Robert Junell.
Brzoznowski’s downfall began on October 17, 2014, when he pled guilty to using a cell phone to entice a minor female to engage in sexual activity. Court records show that the defendant used a phone app called ‘Tango’ to have a sexually explicit conversation with a female minor. The app was discovered by Brzoznowski’s parole officer.
This is not Brzoznowski’s first stint in prison. In 2005, he was previously incarcerated for attempting to meet with a 13-year-old girl to have sex.
‘Part of HSI’s mandate is to protect children in our community from criminals that want to harm them,’ said Waldemar Rodriguez, Special Agent in Charge of HSI El Paso. ‘It’s a part of our mission that we pursue aggressively.’
The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations, with Assistant United States Attorney Austin Berry prosecuting the case on behalf of the Government.
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