East Windsor Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Child Pornography Crimes

EAST WINDSOR, CT — An East Windsor resident pleaded guilty in a federal court in Hartford Wednesday to charges of production and possession of child pornography.

Mark Roman, 54, waived his right to be indicted and entered a guilty plea to one count of production of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, and one count of possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement began investigating Roman after Yahoo! reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that Roman’s email account was transmitting images of child sexual abuse. Investigators determined Roman’s email account also contained voyeuristic images and videos of naked children that appeared to be homemade, Avery said.

On Nov. 2, 2021, the Connecticut State Police and East Windsor Police Department executed a state search warrant at Roman’s residence and seized his iPhone, laptop and computer storage devices. Analysis revealed more than 1,000 images and videos of child pornography, including images and videos of Roman sexually abusing a girl between the ages of six and eight, Avery said.

The seized images also included numerous voyeuristic videos that Roman secretly took of the young girl, another girl between the ages of 2 and 4, and adult victims, Avery said.

Roman has been detained since his arrest on Nov. 29, 2021. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on April 5, according to Avery.