Former CT Meteorologist Makes Plea Deal In Child Porn Case: Report

HAMDEN, CT — Former WTNH News 8 meteorologist Justin Goldstein has made a plea deal and is expected to serve three years in prison on a possession of child pornography charge, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports Goldstein, 33, of Aspen Glen Drive in Hamden, pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of child pornography during his court appearance last week.

Goldstein was originally charged last July with promoting a minor in an obscene performance and first-degree illegal possession of child pornography. He pleaded not guilty to those charges in an earlier court appearance.

Goldstein is free on $200,000 bond and is due back in court on March 17, according to state judicial records.

Goldstein was arrested July 13 by Connecticut State Police at the WTNH offices following an investigation that began in June.

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Members of the Connecticut State Police Computer Crimes Unit, with the assistance of the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the Hamden Police Department, executed a search warrant at Goldstein’s home on July 13 as part of an ongoing possession-of-child-pornography investigation, state police said at the time of the arrest.

The investigation was launched in June after video files of suspected child pornography were downloaded from the internet account assigned to Goldstein, according to police.

Goldstein wasn’t home when investigators arrived to execute the search warrant.

Authorities seized computers and computer-related equipment from the home during the search.

Examinations of the seized property were conducted at the scene, and files of suspected child pornography were located, according to police.

Police then took Goldstein into custody at his office.

Read more details on the plea deal at the Meriden Record-Journal here.

File photo via Connecticut State Police