Sex offender from previous Massachusetts rape, sentenced for child porn, sex messages to minor

PROVIDENCE, RI – A registered sex offender who admitted to possessing child pornography and to sending sexually explicit text messages and images to a 14-year-old female via an online application has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Michael Llorca, 48, of Providence, convicted of rape in Massachusetts in August 1997, and ordered to register as a sex offender, was arrested on January 18, 2018, after a Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigation determined that in October and November 2017, Llorca downloaded files of child pornography.

The investigation also determined that in November 2017, Llorca communicated online through a social media app with a 14-year-old girl. The communications were sexual in nature and Llorca sent the girl sexually explicit photographs.

Llorca’s online activities were brought to the attention of the ICAC Task Force by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Llorca pleaded guilty on March 12, 2019, to possession of child pornography.

At sentencing, U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith sentenced Llorca to 10 years in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release. Llorca was ordered to register as a sex offender.

Llorca’s sentence is announced by United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Rhode Island State Police Superintendent Colonel James M. Manni, and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John P. McAdams.