Man sentenced after Massachusetts airport finds thousands of child pornography files
Nov 04, 2024
BOSTON (WWLP) - A man from Ohio was sentenced to prison after a customs screening at Logan Airport in Boston found thousands of files containing child sexual abuse material.
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According to a news release from the Justice Department in Boston, in September 2022, 44-year-old Thiago da Silva Pinheiro of Cincinnati, Ohio flew from Ontario, Canada to Boston with a destination of Brazil.
When screened by Customs and Border Protection at Logan Airport, officers saw apparent child sexual abuse material on Pinheiro’s tablet. A preliminary review of the tablet allegedly revealed some children as young as two to four years old in approximately 2,800 videos and images depicting apparent child sexual abuse material.
Pinheiro pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
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