Brookfield Man Who Had Sex With A Minor Sentenced To Over 11 Years

BROOKFIELD, CT — A Brookfield man has been sentenced for traveling to Maine to have sex with a minor.

A. U.S. District Court in Portland sentenced Devin Melycher, 30, to 135 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release. Melycher pleaded guilty on June 1, 2022.

According to court records, in August 2020, Melycher drove from his home in Brookfield to Gorham, Maine to engage in sexual conduct with the 13-year-old victim. The trip followed weeks of contact between Melycher and the victim over Snapchat and other chat platforms during which time Melycher, who initially told the victim he was 19, pressured the victim to send sexually explicit images despite knowing the victim was only 13, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee.

Homeland Security Investigations and the Gorham Police Department investigated the case.

"The evidence in this case showed that Devin Melycher is a sexual predator who indiscriminately distributed pornographic images of his body across chat platforms without regard to who received them or whether or not they were of legal age in an attempt to interact with them," McElwee said. "He preyed upon minors, groomed them, and in the case of this victim, traveled to engage in illegal sexual acts despite knowing the victim was only 13."

Readers who suspect that a child is being sexually exploited online may contact The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's CyberTipline, online at report.cybertip.org or via phone 1-800-843-5678.