Manchester PD/FBI Investigation Leads To 5-year Porn Sentence

MANCHESTER, CT — A suspected instance of "child exploitation" investigated by detectives from the Manchester Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation led to the conviction of a Windsor Locks man and subsequent five-year sentence, authorities said.

John H. Durham. United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced last week that Brian Gregan, 33, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for "soliciting and receiving child pornography."

According to court documents and statements made in court, in June 2017, Gregan and a 13-year-old boy communicated through the Kik messaging application. After the boy informed Gregan of his age, they engaged in "sexually explicit communications."

Gregan sent several sexually explicit pictures of himself to the boy, and he solicited sexually explicit images from the boy, case records show. In response to these solicitations, the boy sent sexually explicit pictures and a video of himself to Gregan, according to case records.

Durham said the investigation also revealed that, in 2016, Gregan met a 15-year-old girl online and requested sexually explicit photographs and videos from the girl. Analysis of Gregan’s Apple iPad revealed a sexually explicit video of the girl made when the girl was younger than 18, Durham said.

Gregan was arrested on related state charges on April 6, 2018. On Oct. 7, 2019, he pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of receipt of child pornography.

Gregan, who had been released on a $50,000 bond with internet and location monitoring conditions, is required to report to prison on April 7.