West Hartford Man Admits Downloading Child Porn: Feds

WEST HARTFORD, CT — A West Hartford man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to downloading child pornography from a “dark website,” according to authorities. Mark Rohrer, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to one count of receipt of child pornography, U.S. States Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, announced in a press release.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Rohrer had a user account on a dark web internet site that promoted child pornography. To sign up for West Hartford breaking news alerts and more, click here.

“Using Bitcoin, Rohrer downloaded images and videos of child pornography from the website in January 2016,” according to a press release from the U.S. States Attorney’s Office. “Images of child pornography were found on Rohrer’s home computers after a court-authorized search of his residence in April 2018.”

Rohrer faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport. A sentencing date hasn’t been scheduled.

Rohrer is released on a $50,000 bond pending sentencing.

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