CT man who used Snapchat to sexually exploit young girls gets more than 20 years in prison

A Wallingford man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for child sexual exploitation and drug trafficking offenses, federal officials said.

Christopher Liscio, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 251 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery. On Jan. 3, Liscio pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Between January 2016 and February 2020, Liscio used Snapchat to entice two underage girls into taking sexually explicit photographs and videos and sending them to him, court records said. One of the victims was 13 when she and Liscio started to communicate and continued until she was around 16. Communication with the second victim began when she was 15 years old and escalated into sexual encounters when she was between 15 and 16 years old, according to court records.

Liscio was arrested on state charges related to the sexual assault of another minor in February 2020. While he was out on bond, he sold 2,000 30mg oxycodone pills between February and April 2020, court records said.

He has been detained since his federal arrest on May 26, 2021. A search of his Wallingford residence on that date resulted in the discovery of approximately 500 grams of cocaine, items used to process and package narcotics and $22,440, according to court records.

The state case against Liscio is pending.

“U.S. Attorney Avery thanked the State’s Attorney’s Offices for the Judicial Districts of New Haven and Middlesex for their close cooperation in investigating and prosecuting this matter,” the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a statement.

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