Brian Hargraves, Child Pornography Possession, New Hampshire 2025

An Albany man has been arrested for posing online as a teenage boy to obtain child sexual abuse material from a minor victim, federal authorities announced.

Brian Hargraves, 54, was arrested on May 21, 2025 and indicted on charges of Possession of and Access with Intent to View Child Pornography.

According to the charging documents, on April 29, 2025, law enforcement conducted a search of Hargraves’ mobile phones following a citizen complaint. A review of one of the phones revealed sexually explicit images and videos of a 16-year-old minor victim.

Hargraves allegedly met the minor victim online and told her that he was a teenage boy and asked her to create explicit videos and images of herself to send to him.

The case is brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation, with valuable assistance provided by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and the Conway Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Vicinanzo is prosecuting the case. The charging statute provides a sentence of no greater than 10 years. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

Hargraves is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. The case is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time.

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