Nashua Man Guilty of Child Pornography
A Nashua man has been found guilty of possessing and accessing with intent to view child pornography, federal authorities announced. Dwayne Frechette, 60, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charges.
According to court documents, Frechette was identified during an undercover investigation involving a peer-to-peer network used to exchange child sexual abuse material. Agents identified an IP address in Nashua that was using the network to make images of CSAM available for others to download.
The target IP address geolocated to a restaurant in Nashua, where it was later determined that Frechette was a delivery driver. A search warrant for the restaurant resulted in the seizure of Frechette’s cell phone, which was found to contain hundreds of cached images of CSAM.
The charging statute provides a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, at least 5 years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and mandatory restitution. Sentencing for Frechette is scheduled for September 23, 2024.
Homeland Security Investigations and the Nashua Police Department led the investigation, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kasey Weiland is prosecuting the case.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
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Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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