Waltham Man Gets 15 Years For Attempted Child Sex Trafficking

BOSTON, MA — A Waltham man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for attempted sex trafficking of a 12-year-old girl, officials announced.

Misael Fabian Medina, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 15 years in prison. Medina will be subject to deportation proceedings to Guatemala upon completion of his sentence, officials added.

In March 2024, Medina was convicted by a federal jury of one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child and one count of attempted coercion and enticement.

“Misael Fabian Medina was ready to pay to sexually abuse a 12-year-old child before he was arrested by HSI special agents. Today’s sentence will keep him off the streets and away from children he could harm,” said Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England. “Sex trafficking is driven by demand and we work every day with our partners to investigate and bring predators like Medina to justice.”

In November 2022, Misael Medina responded to an online advertisement offering sex with two young girls. Through an ensuing text conversation with undercover agents who were posing as the seller of the two girls, Medina agreed to pay $200 to engage in a sex act with a 12-year-old girl.

Shortly thereafter, Medina went to a greater Boston hotel to meet with the purported seller. Once at the hotel, he met with an undercover agent and confirmed he had the money to pay for the commercial sex act.

During that meeting, Medina was arrested and found to be in possession of a box of condoms, officials said.