Sean Sayer, Child Exploitation, Connecticut 2025

Naugatuck Man Charged with Child Exploitation in Connecticut

A 22-year-old man from Naugatuck, Connecticut, has been charged with multiple child exploitation offenses after investigators uncovered a trail of evidence, including thousands of videos and images containing child sexual abuse material.

Sean Sayer, 22, of Naugatuck, was arrested on June 18, 2025, and is currently released on a $150,000 bond. He is under location monitoring by the U.S. Probation Office and is prohibited from accessing the internet and communicating with, and having contact with, minors.

According to court documents, Sayer was contacted by an eight-year-old boy in Oregon on March 20, 2025, who asked Sayer if he was @fornight_legends on TikTok. Sayer responded affirmatively and, over the next three days, exchanged with the minor victim more than 1,300 messages in which Sayer repeatedly and aggressively demanded sexually explicit images and videos of the minor victim in exchange for playing Fortnite with him online.

The minor victim sent Sayer at least 15 videos constituting child sexual abuse material or child pornography. Investigators have identified approximately 89 separate minor victims and seized electronic devices from Sayer that revealed more than 5,000 videos and 1,000 images containing child sexual abuse material, including images and videos depicting sexual violence against prepubescent minors.

Sayer is charged with 12 counts of production of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of 30 years of imprisonment on each count; one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, which carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of life; one count of distribution of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years; and one count of possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.

U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, with the assistance of the Eugene (Ore.) Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary G. Vitale.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. government’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.

Mandatory Facts:

• Defendant: Sean Sayer
• Criminal Charges: 12 counts of production of child pornography, one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography
• City and State: Naugatuck, Connecticut
• Date: March 20, 2025 (crime date)
• Sentence or Outcome: Currently released on a $150,000 bond, under location monitoring by the U.S. Probation Office, and prohibited from accessing the internet and communicating with, and having contact with, minors

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