Ozeias Guilherme

Introduction

Ozeias Guilherme is a 40-year-old resident of Haverhill, Massachusetts, who was sentenced to 121 months in prison for attempting to sex traffic a 12-year-old at a Manchester hotel . United States District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe presided over the trial and announced the sentence, which also included a five-year term of supervised release . A jury convicted Guilherme in April 2026, after a four-day trial, on one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct . The offense was an attempt: the child he arranged to meet did not exist, and every person he dealt with was an undercover law enforcement agent .

Background Information

Public information about Guilherme beyond the criminal case is limited. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire identifies him only as a resident of Haverhill, Massachusetts, age 40 at the time of sentencing . Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew Hunter and Matthew Vicinanzo prosecuted the case, with Homeland Security Investigations leading the investigation and assistance from the Manchester Police Department, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force . The prosecution was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a Justice Department initiative launched in May 2006 that marshals federal, state, and local resources against child sexual exploitation .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced. A federal jury convicted Ozeias Guilherme in April 2026 of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and Judge Steven McAuliffe sentenced him on October 14, 2026, to 121 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.

The conduct that led to the conviction unfolded on November 14 and 15, 2024, during a proactive law enforcement operation. Agents posted and monitored an advertisement on a website commonly used to advertise commercial sex; it contained images of what appeared to be two minor females, along with a contact phone number . Law enforcement monitored that line and used it to communicate with potential sex buyers, and Guilherme was among those who engaged . No child was ever at risk in the operation: the 12-year-old mentioned in the exchange existed only as part of an undercover ruse, and the people behind the advertisement and the text messages were law enforcement agents .

During a text conversation between an undercover agent and Guilherme, the agent stated that she had a 12-year-old girl available to perform sex acts in exchange for money . The agent then provided Guilherme with the address of a hotel in Manchester . According to the release, Guilherme went to the hotel, met with the undercover agent, and showed her $100 in cash — the amount agreed upon to pay for the commercial sex act . That meeting was the outer limit of what actually happened: because the girl did not exist and his counterpart was an agent, the acts Guilherme intended were never carried out, and the charges addressed what he attempted rather than a completed offense.

Homeland Security Investigations New England Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Grimming said: “Ozeias Guilherme actively sought out a 12-year-old child to sexually abuse. He planned, he negotiated, and he travelled to New Hampshire to meet a little girl who he was fully prepared to assault for cash. Thankfully, he never had the opportunity to follow through on his plan and, after today’s sentence, he will be spending the next decade in prison” .

After a four-day trial in April 2026, a jury found Guilherme guilty of one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct . U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan said: “This defendant preyed on children, ready to pay money to sexually assault a little girl, and will now be spending significant time behind bars as a result” . “Our office is committed to working with all our partners to combat child sexual exploitation to the maximum extent the law allows,” she added .

Public Reaction and Consequences

Official reaction was unified and severe. Grimming credited the outcome to inter-agency work, saying, “This case was only made possible through the coordination and commitment of our local law enforcement partners and the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Together, we are working to protect children and bringing predators like Guilherme to justice” . Creegan’s office announced the sentence as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse, which marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children and to identify and rescue victims . The consequence for Guilherme was immediate and concrete: a sentence of more than ten years in federal prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release .

Current Status

As of the October 15, 2026 announcement, Guilherme, 40, had just been sentenced to 121 months in prison plus five years of supervised release, with Judge Steven McAuliffe having presided over both the trial and the sentencing . He stands convicted of one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and is to spend roughly a decade in prison before beginning his supervised release term . The sentencing took place on October 14, 2026, the day before the announcement, and the release reports no additional charges or pending proceedings beyond the sentence itself . His status is now that of a sentenced federal prisoner with roughly a decade of confinement ahead of him.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The release does not describe Guilherme’s occupation, but the effect of the conviction on his life is unambiguous. At age 40, he faces approximately ten years of confinement — “the next decade in prison,” in the words of the HSI official whose agency ran the case . When the prison term ends, he will serve five years of supervised release under federal court oversight . A jury conviction for attempted child sex trafficking is a permanent federal felony record, and his name is now attached to a public Justice Department release describing him as a man prepared to pay cash to sexually assault a child he believed was being sold .

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire, “Massachusetts Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sex Traffic a Minor at a Manchester Hotel,” published October 15, 2026 — source