Two Additional Men Charged in Proactive Law Enforcement Action

CONCORD -Two additional men were charged and arrested for attempting to sex traffic a child at a Manchester hotel. On Saturday morning, charging documents were unsealed alleging three initial men were arrested in the same proactive federal and local law enforcement action the evening before, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

On November 14 and November 15, 2024, in a proactive law enforcement operation, agents posted and monitored an advertisement on a website commonly used to advertise commercial sex acts.The advertisement contained images of what appeared to be two minor females, and a contact phone number. Law enforcement agents used it to communicate with potential sex buyers. Each defendant responded to the advertisement. Once at the hotel, each defendant met with an undercover agent and attempted to sex traffic one of the two fictitious children.

The following defendants have been charged by criminal complaint with attempted sex trafficking of a minor of whom the final two are newly announced:

1. Stacey Ray Lancaster, age 46, Hudson, New Hampshire. Lancaster was arrested on Thursday, November 14, 2024, and is in federal custody. He will appear in federal court today, Monday, November 18, 2024, at 1:00 pm.
2. Arthur Picanco, age 42, Bradford, Massachusetts. Picanco was arrested on Thursday, November 14, 2024, and he is in federal custody. He will appear in federal court today, Monday, November 18, 2024, at 3:00 pm.
3. Ozeias Luiz Guilherme, age 38, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Guilherme was arrested on Thursday, November 14, 2024, and he is in federal custody. Guilherme will appear in federal court on Monday, November 18, 2024, at 2:30 pm.
4. Sharath Chandra Bollu, age 23, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Bollu was arrested on Friday, November 15, 2024, and he is in federal custody. He will appear in federal court later today.
5. Koteshwara Raju Jonnagodda, age 24, Chelmsford, Lowell, Massachusetts. Jonnagodda was arrested on Friday, November 15, 2024, and he is in federal custody. He will appear in federal court later today.

Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation. Valuable assistance was provided by the Manchester Police Department, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, and the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew Vicinanzo, Kasey Weiland, Anna Krasinski and Georgiana MacDonald are prosecuting the cases.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

Community questions should be directed to the U.S. Attorney's Public Voicemail Line at 603-230-2563.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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