BOSTON, June 4, 2015—A Dorchester man was sentenced to prison today for human trafficking and other offenses after he admitted exploiting a 15-year-old girl, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

DOMINIC “HAZE” TOLEDO (D.O.B. 6/12/90) today pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, rape of a child, deriving support from prostitution, and inducing a minor into prostitution.  Suffolk Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Locke sentenced him to five to seven years in state prison followed by five years of probation.  During that time, Toledo is barred from having any contact with the victim or her family; working, volunteering, residing, or having unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18; using the internet for any purpose other than employment or education; and using any social media or classified advertising website.  Toledo will be required to provide the Department of Probation with passwords and encryption keys in order to allow any computer, smartphone, or device to be searched by probation and law enforcement to ensure he is in compliance with these conditions and must register as a sex offender and wear a GPS monitor.

Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorney Maryrose Anthes of the DA’s Child Protection Unit would have presented evidence and testimony to prove that in 2013 the victim was introduced to a man known as “Haze” – later identified as Toledo – through a Facebook acquaintance.  The victim agreed to speak with Toledo about how she could make money working for him and informed Toledo during their first telephone conversation that she was 15 years old.

On Dec. 30, 2013, Toledo picked the victim up from her friend’s house and brought her to a home in Dorchester, where he photographed the teen for an ad that was placed on backpage.com and assaulted her.  The victim became frightened and asked to be taken home; Toledo refused.  He instead accompanied her to a motel outside the city, where the teen met with a man who paid her for a sexual act and gave her marijuana for her “pimp.”

When the victim did not return home from her friend’s house as expected that evening, her parents made several attempts to locate her before she eventually returned home.  Days later, on Jan. 2, the victim’s mother contacted Boston Police and presented officers with the backpage.com ad featuring the teen’s image and phone number.

During the course of an investigation by the Boston Police Crimes Against Children Unit, the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, and prosecutors assigned to the DA’s Child Protection Unit, investigators completed a forensic examination of the victim’s cell phone and retrieved text messages sent between the victim and the man she knew only as “Haze.”  Prosecutors subpoenaed the subscriber information for Haze’s phone number, which led investigators to Toledo. The victim later identified Toledo from a photo array as the man who exploited her.

Elizabeth Keeley was the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.  Toledo was represented by Paul Davenport.

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