Crime & Safety
Worcester Man Pleads Guilty To Skype Sex With Minor
A Worcester man paid a minor more than $3,000 for sexual activity over the Internet.
WORCESTER, MA—A Worcester man has pleaded guilty to paying a minor to engage in sexual activity online.
William Gauvin, 43, Worcester, and also Houston, TV, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced John Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to documents and statements, between October 2016 and March of 2017, Gauvin, who used the name "Will Wiggins," solicited a 17-year-old boy in Connecticut to engage in sexually explicit conduct over Skype. In exchange, Gauvin paid the minor more than $3,000 through the PayPal app. Gauvin also, according to investigators, asked the victim to talk his 15-year-old brother to engage in sexual activity, too.
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Gauvin will be sentenced on Dec. 20 and faces between five and 20 years in prison.
He is released on a $100,000 bond pending sentencing.
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