Bronx daycare owner sentenced to 25 years for sexually abusing child – Bronx Times

A Bronx daycare owner who pleaded guilty earlier this year to sexually abusing a minor was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced June 27 that Silfredo Castillo Martinez, 34, will spend 25 years in prison for engaging in “sexually explicit conduct” and possessing child pornography with an 11-year-old girl at his daycare. In addition to the prison sentence, Castillo Martinez was sentenced to lifetime supervised probation.

“Silfredo Castillo Martinez abused the position of trust placed in him as a daycare provider by sexually abusing one of the minor children in his care and videotaping the abuse,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in sentencing. “This lengthy prison sentence holds Castillo Martinez accountable for his horrific crimes and the extraordinary harm and trauma he caused.”

According to the District Attorney’s Office, Castillo Martinez committed the crimes against an 11-year-old child between May and July 2018 at a day care center he operated at his home on Decatur Avenue in Norwood.

On May 3, 2022, law enforcement conducted a search of his residence and found several electronic devices containing pornographic images and videos of the minor.

In March, Castillo Martinez pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography and one count of sexual exploitation of a child.

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