John
H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
announced that PETER G. KRUZYNSKI, 51, of Shelton, pleaded guilty today
before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count
of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
According
to court documents and statements made in court, KRUZYNSKI used his
mobile phone and text messaging to entice a male victim, who was under
the age of 16, to engage in sexual activity. Specifically, KRUZYNSKI
sent text messages to the victim asking him to come to KRUZYNSKI’s home,
where KRUZYNSKI then engaged in sexual activity with the victim. In
addition, on one occasion in December 2014, KRUZYNSKI used his phone to
take photographs of the victim engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The
victim was under the age of 18, and therefore a minor under federal
law, at the time the photographs were taken.
Judge
Meyer scheduled sentencing for March 28, 2018, at which time KRUZYNSKI
faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum
term of imprisonment of life.
KRUZYNSKI
was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on September 16, 2016. He
has been in custody since October 24, 2016, when his bond was revoked
for failing to comply with his release conditions.
KRUZYNSKI is also charged with related state offenses.
KRUZYNSKI
is an attorney who had a law practice in Shelton. On December 15,
2016, he was suspended from the practice of law on an interim basis
following his arrest in this case.
This
matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
the Shelton Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorney Neeraj N. Patel.
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, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com
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