Wallingford Woman Who Sexually Abused a 3-Year-Old, Filmed it, Heads to Prison

Angela D. Martin, also known as Angela Haussmann, 30, of Wallingford, was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing a 3-year-old child, filming the abuse, and sending the video to someone in California, according to the United States Attorney’s office in Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in August 2013, Martin sexually abused a female child, filmed the abuse with her cell phone, and then emailed the video to another individual in California, the release states. The victim was approximately three-years-old at the time of the abuse.

In addition to filming and distributing the video of the sexual abuse that she inflicted on the female child, Martin possessed and distributed other child pornography that she received from individuals with whom she was communicating via email, text messaging, and chat applications, federal officials said.

Martin is a registered sex offender as the result of a prior felony conviction in the state for second-degree sexual assault of a minor.

Martin has been detained since her arrest on September 19, 2013. On March 28, she pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Wallingford Police Department, and the Connecticut Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Neeraj N. Patel.

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.