Danbury Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

Danbury CT

06 April, 2022

10:05 AM

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DANBURY, CT — A Danbury man has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. Wayne Marcell, 36, made his plea in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport on Tuesday. According to a statement from the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, a 14-year-old girl began communicating with Marcell on video game and social media platforms in the spring of 2021. In June, Marcell paid someone $2,000 to drive the victim from Texas to Illinois. Marcell then drove from Connecticut to Illinois, picked up the girl, and brought her to his home in Danbury. Marcell engaged in multiple illicit sexual acts with the minor victim, and took photos and videos of the sexual abuse, according to the Feds. Marcell has been detained since his arrest on related state charges on June 23, 2021. At sentencing, which is not scheduled, he faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years.