Stamford Man Pleads Guilty To Producing Child Sex Abuse Images: Feds

STAMFORD, CT — A 57-year-old Stamford man pleaded guilty this week in Bridgeport federal court to a child exploitation offense, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Vanessa Robert Avery.

Servio Barros-Terreros was arrested by Stamford police on Jan. 12, 2023, on state sexual assault and risk of injury offenses, Avery said.

Investigators seized Barros-Terreros’ iPhone, which revealed sexually explicit images of a minor victim, and images of Barros-Terreros engaging in sexually explicit conduct with the minor victim, Avery noted. Barros-Terreros has been detained since the arrest. He was charged in May of last year.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in December 2022, a girl under the age of 18 reported that when she was 9 and 10 years old, Barros-Terreros had sexually assaulted her multiple times, Avery said.

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 added.

This case has been investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Stamford Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings is prosecuting the case 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.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, click here.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit the cyber tip hotline.