Former Bridgeport Man Sentenced On Child Pornography Charge: Feds

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A 55-year-old former Bridgeport resident was sentenced this week to 121 months in prison "for possessing and distributing numerous images depicting the sexual abuse of children," announced United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery.

Robert J. Mosley, a repeat offender, according to Avery, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in federal court in Bridgeport. He has been detained since Jan. 28, 2020, and he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on Sept. 22, 2021.

According to court documents and statements, in 2016, Mosley was convicted in Connecticut Superior Court of second-degree possession of child pornography. He was sentenced for that offense to 10 years in jail, suspended after six years, and 20 years of probation. Mosley was released on parole in November 2018.

"On January 28, 2020, Connecticut parole officers and Connecticut state troopers conducted a home visit at Mosley’s residence," Avery said in a statement. "During the visit, Mosley was found in possession of an unapproved smart phone, and an approved mobile phone that contained suspected child pornography."

Investigators seized both phones, and Mosley was taken into custody. Analysis of the seized phones and a cloud storage account Mosley maintained revealed thousands of images and hundreds of video depicting the sexual abuse of children, primarily boys between the ages of 2 and 14, according to prosecutors.

Additionally, analysis of Mosley’s e-mail account revealed that he sent numerous e-mails soliciting child pornography, sent images of child pornography to others, and sent links to his cloud storage account.

Mosley's penalties in this case were enhanced based on his criminal history.

This matter was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Connecticut State Police, with the assistance of the Connecticut Department of Correction Division of Parole and Community Services. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel J. Gentile.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.