United States of America v. Onai Kedar Wilbur Wright

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation

Bridgeport Man Charged with Child Exploitation Offenses

ONAI KEDAR WILBUR WRIGHT, 25, of Bridgeport, was charged by federal criminal complaint with child exploitation offenses.



On March 14, 2025, an Online Covert Employee (OCE) with the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in Cleveland, Ohio, monitored a live video stream on the internet application "Fambase” and observed Wright engaging in sexually explicit activity with a 16-year-old female ("minor victim”). Analysis of mobile communications and geo-location data, and information from AirBnB, led investigators to a residence located in Norwich, Connecticut, where they took Wright into custody. The minor victim and two adult females were also present in the residence.



The complaint charges Wright with sexual exploitation of children, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of 30 years of imprisonment, and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, which carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of life.



Acting U.S. Attorney Silverman stressed that a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.



This investigation is being conducted by the FBI in New Haven and Cleveland, with the assistance of the Norwich Police Department, the New London State's Attorney's Office, the Vermilion (Ohio) Police Department, and the Norwalk (Ohio) Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy V. Gifford.



Acting U.S Attorney also acknowledged the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio.



This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.