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Former Assistant Chief Probation Officer of Lynn District Court Convicted of Child Exploitation

Brian Orlandella, 49, of Beverly, Massachusetts, was convicted by a federal jury today of child exploitation offenses.

Orlandella, the former Assistant Chief Probation Officer for Lynn District Court, was found guilty of one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor.

The charges stem from an investigation that began in May 2018, when a mother in Texas contacted local police about messages she found on her 13-year-old daughter’s cell phone between her daughter and an adult man, later identified as Orlandella.

During a search of his residence, two of Orlandella’s phones were seized, one of which contained evidence tying Orlandella to the Kik account that was used to procure sexually explicit imagery from the victim.

Orlandella admitted that he had used Kik and was the person depicted in the obscene videos recovered from the victim’s phone.

The charge of sexual exploitation of children provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, at least five years and up a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.

The charge of transfer of obscene material to a minor provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $150,000.

Orlandella’s sentencing is scheduled for August 5, 2022.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anne Paruti and Adam W. Deitch prosecuted the case.