BOSTON — A Brockton man who recently worked as a caregiver for adults with disabilities at a residential group home was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, and charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, Jonathan Durocher, 34, of Brockton, was charged with one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child for responding to an online advertisement posted by undercover law enforcement offering sexual intercourse with an underage girl.
Durocher made his initial appearance in federal court in Worcester following his arrest on Oct. 7, after which he was released under several conditions, including location monitoring and a prohibition against unsupervised contact with anyone younger than 18.
Federal prosecutors say that on June 15, 2026, Durocher allegedly responded to an advertisement posted by undercover law enforcement on a website commonly used to advertise prostitution services. The advertisement featured photographs of a young female and included a link to a phone number monitored by an undercover law enforcement officer.
Durocher then began exchanging text messages with the undercover officer, who informed Durocher that the girl was underage, “beautiful,” and “experienced.”
“You good her being young?” the undercover officer asked, to which Durocher allegedly replied, “Yeah.”
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, later that day, Durocher allegedly arrived at the agreed upon meeting location and paid the undercover officer $100. The undercover officer then asked Durocher if he had brought a condom, and Durocher said he had not.
Durocher was subsequently taken into custody.
Durocher was initially arrested on June 15, 2026, as part of an operation conducted by FBI Boston’s Child Exploitation-Human Trafficking Task Force from June 12, 2026, to June 16, 2026.
According to the FBI, Durocher was one of seven Massachusetts men arrested during the operation, which was designed to address human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children before, during, and after the World Cup matches held in the Boston area in June and July 2026. Durocher was arraigned in Brockton District Court on state charges of sex for a fee with a child under 18, enticement of a child under 16 and attempted rape of a child.
The Enterprise reported that Durocher pleaded not guilty to the state charges, which were subsequently dropped in favor of federal prosecution.
According to court documents, Durocher told police that he worked as a caregiver at Bamsi Home, a residential group home in Brockton that provides daily living assistance to adults with developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and other medical needs.
Brockton Area Multi-Services (BAMSI) confirmed to The Enterprise that Durocher had worked as a caregiver at one of its residential group homes, but was no longer employed by the organization as of June 2026.
“Jonathan Durocher no longer works for the agency as of June 2026, passed all CORI and background checks when he was hired and there were no red flags during his employment,” BAMSI said in a statement. “He was also not cited in the monthly criminal records reports that the agency runs through the Office of the Inspector General.”
The charge of attempted sex trafficking of a child carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston Division, announced the charge.
The Massachusetts State Police and the Boston, New Bedford, and Brockton police departments assisted with the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Beck is prosecuting the case.
