Two Haverhill men are among three scheduled to appear in federal court Monday for alleged attempted sex trafficking of a child at a Manchester, N.H., hotel
New Hampshire U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young’s office said late Saturday that 42-year-old Arthur Picanco and 38-year-old Ozeias Luiz Guilherme, both of Haverhill, and 46-year-old Stacey Ray Lancaster of Hudson, N.H., were arrested and taken into federal custody. They are scheduled to be arraigned separately beginning at 1 p.m., Monday.
Young’s office said the three were charged by criminal complaint “as a result of a proactive federal and local law enforcement action” as part of Project Safe Childhood.
U.S. Homeland Security led the investigation with help from the Manchester Police Department, New Hampshire Attorney General’s office and the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.