Gregory Phillips, Child Pornography, Rhode Island 2024

A Cranston man, Gregory Phillips, has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography, including images and videos he created while victimizing a seven-year-old girl who had been left in his care.

Phillips, 42, pleaded guilty on January 31, 2024, to charges of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

He was sentenced on [date] by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to 288 months of incarceration to be followed by 10 years of federal supervised release.

Court documents detail that, over a nine-month period of time, Phillips produced 61 images and four videos of child pornography while abusing his victim.

‘It is hard to overstate the repugnance of this defendant’s conduct – not only did he betray the trust placed in him by sexually assaulting a young victim in his care, but he chose to memorialize that abuse for his own revolting gratification,’ said U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

Phillips first came to the attention of law enforcement when members of the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force reviewed a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) indicating that an individual in Rhode Island had possessed and transferred child pornography.

A forensic review of images and videos located on cellphones seized from Phillips by law enforcement resulted in the discovery of the images created by Phillips in the course of his abuse, as well as additional child pornography.

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