Northborough Man Admits to Child Sex Crimes

A tennis instructor at was charged in Westborough District Court today with two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dissemination of child pornography.

Joshua E. Lundberg, 28, of 19 Cold Harbor Dr., Northborough, was taken into custody last night and booked at the His arrest follows a four-month investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit (SPDU).

According to the police report, the SPDU in Worcester was forwarded an undercover peer-to-peer file sharing investigation involving pictures and videos involving the sexual exploitation and abuse of children.

An investigation followed, spearheaded by Sgt. Michael Hill of the MSP Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. A trace of the target computer IP address led police to the Cold Harbor Drive residence.

On Feb. 2, MSP Trooper Patrick McStay applied for and was granted a warrant to search the Cold Harbor Drive home, where Lundberg lives with his parents. Troopers from the SPDU, MSP and Northborough police executed a search shortly before 6 p.m.

The police report states that, after making contact with residents, Joshua Lundberg was identified as the person responsible for the possession and dissemination of child pornography. The report, filed by Officer Scott Maffioli, said that Lundberg agreed to provide an audio recorded statement “in which he took full responsibility for downloading child pornography to his laptop computers.” Lundberg said he saved the images and video of child pornography and shared the files over a peer-to-peer file sharing network.

Further, the report said that Lundberg admitted to exposing his penis to a 20-month-old family member.

During the search, police found a lifelike baby doll in Lundberg’s bedroom next to his bed. Investigators also reported finding about 10 assorted fighting knives, some double sided, in the bedroom.

Lundberg was initially held on $25,000 bail, but Judge Robert Gardner raised the bail amount to $50,000 in Westborough Court today. Gardner ordered Lundberg to have no unsupervised contact with a child under 18 and no access to the Internet or any device with the Internet. Lundberg was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device. He is expected back into court on Monday for a bail hearing.

Calls to Westboro Tennis and Swim Club have not been returned. According to a report on NECN, Joshua Lundberg is the brother of club General Manager Jeffrey Lundberg.

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