ROCHESTER, N.Y.—A 43-year-old man from Chili, New York, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for child exploitation charges.
Michael Covello was convicted of distributing child pornography through a peer-to-peer file sharing network in May and June 2012. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa J. Miller, Covello distributed the content to an undercover FBI agent.
The FBI executed a search warrant at Covello’s home in Chili, where they recovered items of digital media containing images of children, many of whom were under the age of 12, engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and many of which depicted acts of violence.
Covello was previously convicted of sexual abuse, 1st degree, in Monroe County.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006.
The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian P. Boetig.
This case highlights the importance of federal, state, and local resources working together to identify and rescue victims of child exploitation.
Project Safe Childhood marshals these resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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