August Candeloro III, Child Pornography Possession, Maryland 2021

Baltimore, Maryland – August Candeloro III, a/k/a 'Nick,' 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge of possession of child pornography.

The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Acting Special Agent in Charge Selwyn Smith of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore; Colonel Woodrow W. Jones III, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police; and Chief Melissa R. Hyatt of the Baltimore County Police Department.

According to his guilty plea, beginning in 2019 Candeloro began using a messaging application to send images depicting the sexual abuse of children.

On January 11, 2010, Candeloro was convicted of a second-degree sex offense involving a 13-year-old victim in Howard County Circuit Court.

Candeloro faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher has scheduled sentencing for October 6, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Candeloro has been detained since his arrest on May 17, 2021.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/previously-convicted-sex-offender-pleads-guilty-federal-charge-possession-child-0