Former police trainee pleads guilty to child porn, cyberstalking charges
Mar 26, 2025
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A former Avon police trainee and Rochester resident pleaded guilty to child pornography and cyberstalking charges on Wednesday.
Casey Medina, 33, was found in possession of 360 images of child pornography, including at least one image involving a prepubescent child subj
ected to violence, after a search warrant was executed on his cellphone.
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During the investigation conducted by the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, Medina was also found to have shared and posted edited sexually explicit images to public websites and social media platforms between May and August 2024. Images showed the victim's face superimposed onto sexually explicit images falsely showing her engaged in sexual activity.
Over 26 days in May 2024 and times during June and July 2024, Medina sent and recruited others to send the victim threatening and harassing text messages threatening to kill, kidnap, and sexually abuse her. Messages sent to the victim also included edited sexually explicit images of her.
Medina is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 4, 2025. ...read more read less