BOSTON – A Mississippi man pleaded guilty on Friday, April
26, 2019, in federal court in Boston to sexually assaulting a minor during a
cruise from Boston to Bermuda.
Adam Christopher Boyd, 32, of Bay Springs, Miss., pleaded
guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a minor. U.S. Senior District Court
Judge Mark L. Wolf scheduled sentencing for Aug. 1, 2019. Boyd appeared in
federal court in August 2017 and was subsequently released on conditions.
However, after violating his conditions of release in November 2018, he was ordered
detained and has been in custody since.
In August 2017, Boyd was a passenger on a seven-day cruise
from Boston to Bermuda. While the ship was docked in Bermuda, Boyd allegedly
raped a minor passenger while the two were onboard the ship. The child subsequently
reported the rape to ship security, who notified Bermudian authorities. In the
course of the Bermuda Police Service’s initial investigation, they arrested
Boyd and notified authorities in the United States.
Sexual abuse of a minor carries a sentence of no greater
than 15 years in prison, a minimum of five years and up to a lifetime of
supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a
federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and
other statutory factors.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph R.
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Office, made the announcement. Valuable assistance was also provided
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Bermuda Police Service,
Massachusetts Port Authority and FBI Legat Bridgetown, Barbados, Sub Office
Nassau. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Paruti, Lelling’s Project Safe Childhood
Coordinator and a member of the Major Crimes Unit, is prosecuting the case.
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