Worcester Man Sentenced For Sexually Exploiting 3 Children

WORCESTER, MA —A man from Worcester has been sentenced for sexually exploiting three female children.

Antonio Merced, 29, was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts.

In July 2025, Merced pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography.

The USAO said he exposed two minors to pornography and sex toys, and an investigation also revealed that he had been sexually abusing three children and producing videos of their sexual abuse.

An investigation found documentation of the abuse of a six-year-old child from 2023 and found videos of two other children being sexually abused from 2024, according to the USAO.

At a plea hearing in July 2025, he admitted to using three minors to create sexually explicit videos and to possessing hundreds of photos and videos of child sex abuse material of children unknown to him.

Merced had been arrested in September 2024 and indicted in Worcester Superior Court. He was convicted of 10 counts of aggravated rape of a child and sentenced to 25 to 30 years in state prison. His additional sentence will run consecutively to this one.

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