Feds Sentence Danbury Man In Child Sexual Exploitation Case

DANBURY, CT — A federal judge has sentenced a Danbury man to 22 years imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for engaging in illicit sexual acts with a child, and photographing and video recording his sexual abuse.

Wayne Marcell, 36, was sentenced Tuesday in Bridgeport Superior Court.

According to a statement from the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, a 14-year-old girl began communicating with Marcell on video game and social media platforms in the spring of 2021. In June, Marcell paid someone $2,000 to drive the victim from Texas to Illinois. Marcell then drove from Connecticut to Illinois, picked up the girl, and brought her to his home in Danbury. Marcell engaged in multiple illicit sexual acts with the minor victim, and took photos and videos of the sexual abuse, according to the Feds.

Marcell has been detained since his arrest on related state charges on June 23, 2021. He pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child in April.