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Lynn Judge’s Aide Caught in Child Exploitation Scandal
A former Assistant Chief Probation Officer for Lynn District Court has been convicted of child exploitation offenses. Brian Orlandella, 49, of Beverly, was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor.
The case began in May 2018 when a mother in Texas contacted local police about messages she found on her 13-year-old daughter’s cell phone between her daughter and an adult man, later identified as Orlandella. The messages were sent via the Kik mobile application, in which Orlandella sent the victim images of himself masturbating and directed her to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos of herself.
The Kik account’s IP address was traced to Orlandella’s residence, where two of his phones were seized. One of the phones contained evidence tying Orlandella to the Kik account used to procure sexually explicit imagery from the victim. During an on-site interview at his home, Orlandella admitted that he had used Kik and was the person depicted in the obscene videos recovered from the victim’s phone.
Orlandella’s conviction comes with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. The charge of transfer of obscene material to a minor provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $150,000.
United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Port Neches (Texas) Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anne Paruti and Adam W. Deitch prosecuted the case.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The initiative was launched in May 2006 and marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
Orlandella is scheduled to be sentenced on August 5, 2022. A search of his residence was conducted in December 2018, and he was subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2019. He was arrested and charged in December 2018.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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