Alfred Pabon, 49, Arrested for Distributing Child Pornography in New York

Alfred Pabon, a 49-year-old Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) with the Fire Department of the City of New York, has been arrested and charged with distributing and receiving child pornography, authorities announced today.

Pabon was taken into custody at his residence in the Bronx, New York, and presented in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein.

According to the Complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Pabon posted images and videos containing child pornography in online chat groups between November 2015 and January 2017. He also exchanged private messages with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent, discussing his interest in taking a trip to Mexico to find ‘something teenish.’

HSI Special Agent-in-Charge Angel Melendez stated, ‘Using online chat groups to post photos and videos of children being sexually exploited is a sickening crime made even more disturbing when it is committed by an individual who holds the public’s trust as a member of the FDNY.’

Pabon faces one count of distribution and receipt of child pornography, carrying a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years, as well as one count of possession of child pornography, with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Anyone with information concerning Pabon’s activities is urged to contact HSI at its toll-free hotline: 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This hotline is staffed around-the-clock by investigators.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara praised the efforts of HSI in this investigation, saying, ‘Thanks to the work of Homeland Security Investigations, Pabon’s alleged predatory search for children and child pornography has been brought to an end.’

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