Jamaica Plain Man Charged With Sexual Exploitation Of Children

JAMAICA PLAIN, MA — A Jamaica Plain man who is a registered sex offender was charged with sexual exploitation of children on Monday after allegedly soliciting a minor on a social media app.

Hector Acevedo, 31, allegedly "solicited a minor via TikTok and coerced the victim to engage in sexual conduct over video chat," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said.

The alleged solicitation occurred while Acevedo was on probation following a state conviction for child exploitation offenses that include trafficking, officials said.

Though he was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children on Monday, Acevedo has been in custody ever since he was arrested on "related state charges" on Oct. 20, officials said.

He will make an initial appearance in federal court in Boston at a later date.

Charging documents show Acevedo is a Level 3 registered sex offender, officials said.

Level 3 is the highest level possible, reserved for offenders who have a high risk of re-offending and pose a high degree of danger to the public, according to the Massachusetts government.

Acevedo was previously convicted in Suffolk County Superior Court on a slew of offenses, including trafficking of a person for sexual servitude, extortion by threat of injury, posing or exhibiting a child in state of nudity or sexual conduct, dissemination of matter harmful to minors, dissemination of child pornography and purchase or possession of child pornography.

He was sentenced to five-to-seven years in state prison and three years of probation on Feb. 13, 2018, officials said.

"The details contained in the charging documents are allegations," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said. "The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."