Danbury Man Admits Recording His Sexual Abuse of Minor Victim

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ENRIQUE PAULO PUCHA-JIMENEZ, 33, of Danbury, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to production of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on multiple occasions between November 2020 and August 2023, Pucha-Jimenez sexually abused a minor girl, who was between the approximate ages of nine and 12, and used his cell phone to take photographs and videos of his sexual abuse of the victim.

On August 16, 2023, Danbury Police arrested Pucha-Jimenez on state sexual assault and risk of injury offenses. He has been detained since his arrest.

Pucha-Jimenez is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven on October 24, at which time he faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years.

Pucha-Jimenez's state charges are pending.

This matter has been investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Danbury Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings with the assistance of the Office of the State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Danbury.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.