Matthew McElroy, Transporting Child Pornography, Maine 2016

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography

A federal agent was investigating the distribution and production of child pornography over the internet in January 2016 when he received an email message attaching three child pornography images from an individual later identified as Matthew McElroy, 39, of Chicopee, Massachusetts.

According to court records, McElroy claimed that the images depicted his niece and that he had sexual contact with her. A search warrant was obtained for McElroy’s Chicopee residence and he was arrested on a criminal complaint.

McElroy later admitted that he used his email account to trade child pornography.

The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Chicopee Police Department.

McElroy faces between five and 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and supervised release of between five years and life.

He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

Contact: Craig M. Wolff, Assistant United States Attorney, (207) 780-3257.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/massachusetts-man-pleads-guilty-transporting-child-pornography