John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that PETER G. KRUZYNSKI, 51, of Shelton, was sentenced
today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 156 months of
imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child
exploitation offenses.
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, when the victim was 17 years old,
KRUZYNSKI used his phone to take photographs of the victim engaged in sexually
explicit conduct. KRUZYNSKI then
threatened to send the photographs to others if the victim did not continue to
engage in sexual activity with KRUZYNSKI or spend time with KRUZYNSKI. KRUZYNSKI, who was a lawyer, also threatened
to use his status to jeopardize the victim’s future career hopes if the victim
told others about the abuse.
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custody since October 24, 2016, when his bond was revoked for failing to comply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. On January
3, 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in
sexual activity.
As part of a civil settlement, KRUZYNSKI has agreed to pay
the victim $215,000, and Judge Meyer today ordered KRUZYNKI to pay restitution
in that amount.
This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Shelton Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S.
Attorney Neeraj N. Patel.
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