Troy Man Caged 10 Years for Child Porn Crimes

JOSHUA LOZO, 36, of Troy, New York, is going away for a decade. The hard drive he used to hoard the abuse of children became the evidence that locked his fate. Today, Lozo was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography—a grim payoff for a digital predator’s binge of exploitation.

The Albany resident admitted in court on October 16, 2017, that between December 1, 2015, and December 14, 2016, he used file-sharing software and the Internet to download hundreds of illicit files. Among them: approximately 25 videos and nearly 350 still images depicting child sexual abuse. The material wasn’t just stored—it was collected, curated, and preserved by a man who chose to profit from suffering in pixels.

U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and FBI Albany Special Agent in Charge Vadim D. Thomas announced the sentencing today. Lozo didn’t just face time—he faced judgment. U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino slammed him with the maximum stretch and tacked on a lifetime term of supervised release. That means even after prison, Lozo will be watched, restricted, and tethered to the consequences of his crimes.

And there’s no escaping the registry. Upon release, Lozo will be required to register as a sex offender—forever branded for preying on the most vulnerable. Law enforcement didn’t stumble on him by accident. The FBI ran this case down, using digital forensics to trace the trail of filth Lozo thought he could hide behind a screen.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss prosecuted the case with the cold precision such crimes demand. This isn’t just a conviction—it’s part of a broader federal crackdown under Project Safe Childhood, launched in May 2006 to target online child exploiters. The initiative combines federal, state, and local muscle to hunt predators, dismantle networks, and rescue victims before more damage is done.

Lozo’s name now joins that list of caged predators. His decade behind bars won’t undo the harm, but it sends a message: download child abuse, and the feds will come knocking. The sentence lands today in Albany, but its echo should reach every dark corner of the web where predators think they’re safe.