Christopher Pratt, Child Pornography Distribution, New York 2024

Albany Man Sentenced to 148 Months for Distributing, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography

A 58-year-old Albany man has been sentenced to 148 months in prison for distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.

Christopher Pratt, of Albany, was sentenced on an unspecified date this year in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

As part of his prior guilty plea, Pratt admitted to distributing and receiving child pornography files over the internet through a peer-to-peer file sharing program. He also admitted to possessing numerous child pornography files on his personal laptop, which included depictions of the sexual abuse and rape of prepubescent children and toddlers.

Pratt was ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution for the child victims of his offenses and will be subject to a 15-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison. This case was investigated by the FBI and its Child Exploitation Task Force, including investigators from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office and forensic analysts from the New York State Police Computer Crime Unit, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rachel Williams and Katherine Kopita.

This case is prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a program launched in May 2006 by the U.S. government to combat child exploitation. For more information, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

The charges against Pratt include distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography. He was sentenced to 148 months in prison, which will be followed by a 15-year term of supervised release. The court also ordered Pratt to pay $18,000 in restitution.

Mandatory Facts:

• Defendant: Christopher Pratt
• Criminal Charges: Distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography
• City and State: Albany, New York
• Exact Date: This year (no specific date provided)
• Sentence: 148 months in prison, followed by a 15-year term of supervised release
• Dollar Amount: $18,000 in restitution

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/albany-man-sentenced-148-months-distributing-receiving-and-possessing-child-pornography