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Saratoga County Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Robert Gibeault, Jr., age 50, of Gansevoort, New York, has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography.
According to court documents, Gibeault admitted to using a file-sharing program called BitTorrent to distribute child pornography to other users from May 2017 through September 2017.
His laptop computer contained approximately 400 video files and 100 image files depicting child pornography, including files that Gibeault had previously distributed over the BitTorrent network.
Gibeault is facing a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. He will also be required to register as a sex offender and serve a term of supervised release of between 5 years and life.
The investigation was led by Homeland Security Investigations with assistance from the New York State Police and Colonie Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Emmet O’Hanlon is prosecuting the case.
This case is being prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a program launched in 2006 by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section to combat child exploitation and pornography.
Gibeault’s sentencing is scheduled for February 11, 2020.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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