Milford Man Facing Child Pornography, Drug Charges

A Milford man was arraigned in Milford District Court this week on charges of alleged possession of child pornography, as well as drug possession, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office said.

George Holtsnider, 45, of Milford, was charged with possession of child pornography and possession of a Class C substance (MDMA, also known as the drug “molly”); Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Attorney General’s office and the MIlford Police Department arrested Holtsnider on Tuesday, Aug. 5, according to the AG’s statement.

He was arraigned Thursday in Milford District Court, where he entered a plea of not guilty, according to the Attorney General’s office. He was held on $15,000 bail with the conditions that he be monitored with a GPS device, surrender his passport, have no access to the Internet except for work-related purposes and have no unsupervised contact with children younger than 18 years of age.

The charges stem from an incident in June, when State police and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip about a computer that had allegedly obtained child pornogrpahy images, prompting the investigation.

Police subsequently obtained and executed a search warrant on Tuesday, when authorities seized Holtsnider’s computer that “revealed hundreds of alleged images of child pornography,” according to the incident.

Holtsnider is a graduate of Purdue University and Marian High School in Framingham, and serves as a senior executive vice president of Citizens Bank, according to WCVB.

The investigation remains ongoing, and Holtsnider is due back in court on Sept. 15 for a pre-trial conference.

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