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WORCESTER – The Worcester Police Department’s Cyber Crime Unit is working in collaboration with the FBI into an investigation involving the sexual exploitation of an 11-year-old Worcester boy by a 34-year-old New Jersey man.
According to the Worcester PD, their department initiated the investigation as part of the FBI Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Task Force.
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As ThisWeekinWorcester.com reported earlier this month, Jordan Winczuk, 34, was indicted on one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of committing a felony offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Winczuk attempted to persuade an 11-year-old Worcester boy, whom he had met through social media days prior, to send him images of his genitals via Instagram.
As a result of a 2010 conviction for sexually assaulting a boy and endangering the welfare of a child through the distribution of child pornography, Winczuk is a level 3 sex offender.
Winczuk is currently in state custody in New Jersey on unrelated charges.
If convicted of the attempted sexual exploitation, Winczuk faces a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison, a minimum of five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. The charge of committing the offense while being required to register as a sex offender provides for a mandatory 10 year sentence, to be served consecutive to the sentence imposed on the sexual exploitation charge. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
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