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Date: 11-13-2020
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Case Number: 1:20-cr-00299-GTS
Judge: Glenn T. Suddaby
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Albany County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Albany, New York
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Description: Albany, New York child porn criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
Nicholas Rockwell, age 26, of Hurley, New York, was charged with distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
Rockwell admitted that on October 11, 2019, he used a social media messaging application to send and receive numerous child pornography videos to another man over the Internet. Rockwell also admitted that at the time of his federal arrest on December 19, 2019, he possessed on his iPhone and in two cloud-based storage accounts approximately 281 images and 1,848 videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
Rockwell, who was ordered detained since his federal arrest, faces a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison, with a maximum of up to 20 years in prison on each count, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors. Rockwell will also be required to register as a sex offender.
This case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua R. Rosenthal.
18:2252A.F ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY with forfeiture allegation
(1)
18:2252A.F ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY with forfeiture allegation
(2)
18:2252A.F ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY with forfeiture allegation
(3-5)
Outcome: Defendant pleaded guilty.
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