MIAMI – Two a long time following his arrest Rene Pedrosa, a former aide to Mayor Francis Suarez on Monday was sentenced in federal court docket to serve six a long time in link with a plea deal associated to boy or girl pornography charges.
In accordance to his attorney Rick Yabor, Pedrosa was ordered to federal jail for his 6-12 months term which will be followed by 15 many years of probation after pleading guilty to just one rely of receipt of little one pornography.
In exchange for the guilty plea, federal prosecutors agreed to drop numerous other felony counts. Pedrosa experienced faced a prison time period of up to 20 a long time.
Pedrosa, who is also a extensive-time television reporter, met a teen in Nov. 2019 on social media and in man or woman and invited him to his office environment to discuss about a site layout occupation, according to the arrest report.
1 meeting took put at Miami Town Hall on Nov. 25, 2019. Pedrosa admitted that in the course of the assembly, he kissed and sexually touched the boy, who experienced been dropped off at Town Corridor for a web-site style abide by-up assembly by his mom.
“The defendant stopped, grabbed the victim’s hand, kissed (target) on (victim’s) lips and grabbed (victim’s) buttocks over the garments,” according to the arrest report.
Pedrosa kept in touch with the teenager and is also accused of sending him lewd photos and asking for photos in return. On Dec. 22, 2019, Pedrosa knowingly acquired sexually explicit images that the boy experienced taken of himself in the shower.
The FBI executed the investigation.
Federal investigators also received textual content messages displaying that Pedrosa invited the sufferer to his household for intercourse and the teen explained no, reminding Pedrosa that he was a minimal.
Mayor Suarez responded immediately after the arrest and stated his feelings were with the sufferer and he hoped the matter was handled to the entire extent of the regulation.
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