SCRANTON – A Connecticut man pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor and production of child pornography, federal authorities announced.
Christopher Capozza, 40, of Newington, Connecticut, pleaded guilty on January 12, 2022, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to one count of online enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and one count of production of child pornography.
According to U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus, Capozza admitted to using Snapchat to arrange to meet and have sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old at motels and other places between July 23, 2020, and December 31, 2020. He also admitted to persuading the minor victim to make several pornographic videos and send them to him via Snapchat on August 23, 2020.
The charges stem from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Omaha, Nebraska Police Department, and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Districts of Connecticut and Nebraska. Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Buchanan is prosecuting the case.
The maximum penalties under federal law for these offenses is life imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. The production of child pornography charge carries a mandatory minimum 15 years in prison. The online enticement charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Capozza’s 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.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.
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- Paul Francis Blaisse, Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, Baltimore MD, 2023 · Connecticut
- Kenneth Simon Brzoznowski, Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, Texas 2014 · Connecticut
- James Wesley Safrit, Online Enticement of a Minor, North Carolina 2020 · Connecticut
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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