Milford Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison: Feds

MILFORD, CT — Robert C. Harrington, 55, of Milford, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 72 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, for trading child sex abuse images on the internet, federal authorities said.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in January 2019, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received information from Australian and Canadian law enforcement authorities that two usernames associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address at Harrington’s Milford residence were sending and receiving images depicting the sexual abuse of girls through a web-based application, officials said in a news release.

On May 15, 2019, investigators searched Harrington’s residence and seized his tablet computer, federal authorities said. The tablet contained numerous images and videos depicting child sex abuse, officials said.

Harrington has been detained since his arrest on May 15, 2019. On July 21, he pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, federal authorities said.