A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for receiving child pornography in Nebraska.
According to authorities, Michael Correia, 30, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha on no date specified for receiving child pornography.
Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp handed down the sentence, which includes no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Correia will serve a five-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
The case against Correia began on August 10 and August 19, 2016 when agents with the FBI Cyber Crimes Task Force noticed an IP address sharing child pornography associated with a building in which Correia was a tenant.
They observed a file depicting an 8-year-old girl being sexually assaulted. A federal search warrant was served on Correia’s residence on February 23, 2017. A single video of child pornography was found on a device in the apartment. Other forensics determined that the device had been used to view other images and videos of child pornography.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The case was investigated by the Omaha FBI’s Cyber Crime Task Force (CCTF).
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant/respondent: Michael Correia
- Criminal charges: Receiving child pornography
- City and state: Omaha, Nebraska
- Exact date: No exact date specified for sentencing
- Sentence or outcome: 66 months of imprisonment, followed by a five-year term of supervised release and registration as a sex offender
- Dollar amounts: None
Key Facts
- State: Nebraska
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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