A Rochester man has pleaded guilty to new child pornography charges, despite a previous conviction for a similar crime.
Gregory Pum, 48, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to possession of child pornography by an individual with a prior sex offense conviction, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a fine of $250,000.
Pum was previously convicted in Monroe County Court of Possessing Sexual Performance by a Child Less than 16 in January 2014 and sentenced to serve six months in jail, followed by 10 years’ probation. He violated his probation terms and was resentenced to prison, serving time before being discharged from parole on May 31, 2016.
Law enforcement received two cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in May 2022, stating that a user of an email account, later determined to belong to Pum, had uploaded 29 images and a video of child pornography to a file sharing site. Investigators later received seven additional cybertips related to the same email account.
In June 2022, a search warrant was executed at Pum’s residence, during which electronic devices that contained images of child pornography were seized. On March 11, 2024, while Pum was on pretrial release, law enforcement executed another search warrant at his residence after receiving two additional NCMEC cybertips. An iPhone was seized and found to contain 19 images and one video of child pornography.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the New York State Police, under the direction of Major Miklos Szoczei III, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Sentencing is scheduled for September 20, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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