Stamford Man Charged With Child Exploitation Offenses: Feds

STAMFORD, CT — A 56-year-old Stamford man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl has been charged with child exploitation offenses, according to a joint announcement from Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Krol, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, and Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw.

Servio Barros-Terreros was charged by a federal criminal complaint with sexual exploitation of children, an offense that carries a mandatory 15 to 30 years in prison. He was also charged with possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum prison term of 20 years.

Barros-Terreros has been detained since his original arrest in January. He made his initial appearance Tuesday in Bridgeport federal court.

As alleged in court documents, in December 2022, a girl under the age of 18 reported that when she was nine and 10 years old, Barros-Terreros had sexually assaulted her multiple times, Avery said in a news release.

The girl said that Barros-Terreros took sexually explicit pictures of her, and threatened to publish the pictures and show them to her mother if she told anyone, Avery said.

Barros-Terreros also told the girl to undress during video calls he initiated with the victim, during which he also engaged in sexually explicit conduct, Avery noted.

On Jan. 12 of this year, Stamford police arrested Barros-Terreros on state sexual assault and risk of injury offenses, and seized his iPhone.

"It is alleged that analysis of the iPhone revealed sexually explicit images of the minor victim, and images of Barros-Terreros engaging in sexually explicit conduct with the minor victim," Avery said in a news release.

Avery stressed that a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt.

This matter is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Stamford Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings with the assistance of the Office of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation.

Click here for more information about Project Safe Childhood.

To report cases of child exploitation, click here.