Adams Man Charged With Child Pornography
BOSTON – An Adams man has been charged with possessing child pornography, a federal crime that carries severe penalties. William Guinan, 51, of Adams, Mass., was charged in U.S. District Court in Springfield with possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
According to court documents, Guinan has agreed to a plea agreement, which calls for a sentence of between 37 and 46 months in prison and five to 15 years of supervised release. The terms of the agreement were filed in a federal court in Springfield.
The investigation into Guinan’s activities began in October 2012, when a federal agent used a computer program to conduct a search for individuals engaged in receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography over a peer-to-peer filing sharing (P2P) network. The program successfully downloaded several files of child pornography from an IP address that agents later determined was connected to a residence in Adams.
Based on this investigation, agents obtained and executed a federal search warrant for the residence in November 2012. A computer that contained numerous files of child pornography, including three video files that were downloaded in November 2012, was located. During the execution of the search warrant, Guinan stated that he used the computer and that approximately four days earlier, he downloaded these three files of child pornography using the P2P network.
On Nov. 29, 2012, federal agents arrested Guinan. He was charged in a criminal complaint with receiving material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor. The Information filed today charges Guinan with possessing child pornography.
The case was investigated with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police and the Adams Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Steven H. Breslow of Ortiz’s Springfield Branch Office.
The details contained in the information are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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