SAN JUAN, P.R. - After a three-day jury trial, Alexander Greaux-Gómez was found guilty of sexual enticement of a minor, and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa presided over the trial.
On February 9, 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with Puerto Rico Police Department’s Division of Sexual Crimes in Guayama, and prosecutors from the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, arrested Greaux-Gómez, former teacher and track and field coach of the Salinas’s specialized sports school, “Albergue Olímpico," for sexual enticement of a minor and production of child pornography.
On March 8, 2017 the defendant was indicted for production of child pornography, sexual enticement of a minor, and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. During the trial, the government’s evidence proved that the female minor first met the defendant in 7th grade when she went to train and attend boarding school at “Albergue Olímpico." The defendant, a former Olympic athlete, took a special interest in the minor. This interest became personal and then eventually sexual in nature. The minor was 15 years old and the defendant was 39 when he began preying on her and convincing her to engage in sexual acts at the school, in his car, and at an abandoned home school he once operated.
The defendant also had strict rules he gave to the minor over WhatsApp about the secrecy of their relationship and would send extremely sexually graphic communications to her.
“This conviction shows the commitment of our state and federal law enforcement agencies to apprehend and prosecute child predators," said United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. “We entrust teachers to serve as role models for our children and safeguard their welfare. As this verdict makes clear, when that trust is violated, there will be severe consequences."
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ginette Milanes. The defendant faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison. The sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 22, 2019 at 9:00 am.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
