John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER PEDRAZA, 28, of East Hartford, was
sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120
months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex
trafficking of a minor.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
Pedraza promoted the prostitution of a 16-year-old girl by advertising the
victim’s prostitution services and soliciting clients on Backpage.com. In March 2017, he harbored the victim in
motel rooms he rented in Hartford, Windsor and East Windsor, where clients met
the victim and paid for sex acts.
Pedraza also had sexual contact with the victim.
The investigation also revealed that, between September and
December 2016, Pedraza engaged in sex trafficking of at least two 18-year-old
females.
Pedraza has been detained since his arrest on May 26,
2017. On February 11, 2019, he pleaded
guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
This investigating was conducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the East Windsor Police Department, through the Connecticut
Human Trafficking Task Force. The case
was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Neeraj N. Patel and Sarala V.
Nagala.
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