UPDATED: 32 Arrests Made in Statewide Child Pornography Sweep

State, federal and local law enforcement agencies made nearly three dozen arrests during "Operation Corral," a weeklong statewide sweep of child pornography suspects, according to a State police press statement.

"The sweep, a series of raids and search warrants executed throughout Massachusetts...resulted in arrests of 32 men charged with possession or dissemination of child pornography," reads the statement.

The investigative leads were coordinated by the Massachusetts Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), and were executed by State police detective units assigned to the state’s District Attorney’s Office and Attorney General’s Office and other local police departments, according to the statement.

At 2 p.m. Tuesday, law enforcement agencies made an announcement about the operation at Massachusetts State Police General Headquarters in Framingham. 

"Our work is not done. It will never be done as long as even one child suffers the horrible trauma of sexual exploitation," said Colonel Marian McGovern in the statement. "But let this work you see before you serve as a stern message to those who prey on these children and support the evil trade that exploits them—we will never stop coming after you, day after day after day."

"This remarkable and strong cooperative effort undoubtedly sends a strong and clear message that law enforcement agencies throughout the Commonwealth will be relentless and diligent in our efforts to hold accountable the most disturbing and perverse of suspects who attempt to operate and evade authorities under a cloak of technology while victimizing our most vulnerable population," Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said in the statement.

"There’s not enough digital savvy in the world to dissuade or prevent HSI and our law enforcement partners from tracking down, arresting and bringing to prosecution depraved individuals who bring suffering to children," said Special Agent in Charge Bruce Foucart of HSI Boston in the statement. "We stopped predators in their tracks, and the security of Massachusetts’s children is better off for it."

"Child pornography is the exploitation of children, and that exploitation has been made even more prevalent by the growth of the Internet and technology," said Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in the statement. "It is why it is so important that all of us in law enforcement continue to improve the ways we use technology to investigate, prosecute, and prevent these crimes. The collaboration during this Operation shows the joint commitment all of these agencies have to protecting children from exploitation, and we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to aggressively enforce our child pornography laws."

Here are the individuals arrested and their respective charges:

1. Joseph Stasio, 58, Lowell, possession of child pornography.
2. Jacob Hall, 27, Arlington, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
3. Eric Lacoste, 29, Granby, dissemination of harmful material to a minor, solicitation of a minor to pose in a state of nudity.
4. Dustin Hastings, 34, South Harwich, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
5. Scott Muir, 36, Stockbridge, rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
6. Aaron Perry, 30, New Bedford, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
7. Renato DeOliveira, 26, New Bedford, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
8. Phil Hunt, 55, Natick, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
9. Raymond O'Hara, 56, Dedham, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
10. Daniel Hunt, 42, Brockton, possession of child pornography.
11. James Mullens, Jr., 51, Middleboro, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
12. Robert Viola, 41, Brockton, possession of child pornography.
13. Keith Bergeron, 24, Oxford, possession of child pornography.
14. Jonathan Auger, 24, Worcester, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
15. Rodolfo Marino Lopez, 37, Hyde Park, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
16. Josue Molina, 27, Revere, possession of child pornography.
17. Thomas Nicholas, 33, Milford, possession of child pornography.
18. Admilson Marques, 34, Worcester, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
19. Peter Galvin, 62, Scituate, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
20. Carlos Londono-Cantano, 44, East Boston, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
21. Jose Rodolfo, 52, East Boston, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
22. Craig Cilley, 27, Belchertown, possession of child pornography.
23. Matthew Macaro, 33, Marblehead, possession of child pornography.
24. William Graham, 47, Haverhill, possession of child pornography.
25. Ronald Parker, 46, Amesbury, possession of child pornography.
26. Josemar Boldrini, 43, Oak Bluffs, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
27. Peter Brown, 21, Taunton, possession of child pornography.
28. Luis Achadinha, 37, Somerset, possession of child pornography.
29. Kyle Andrews, 21, Seekonk, possession of child pornography.dissemination of child pornography.
30. Paul Badger, 27, North Attleboro, possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography.
31. A 17-year-old New Bedford resident, possession of child pornography.
32. Abel Dias, 38, New Bedford, possession of child pornography; dissemination of child pornography.

In 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice began an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to tasked with the growing problem of Internet-related exploitation of children, according to the statement. The task force laid the foundation for what would become a nationwide partnership of law enforcement agencies with the mission of protecting children online, reads the statement.

Currently there are 61 task forces located nationwide, representing more than 2,000 federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, reads the statement. Since its inception, the task force has investigated more than 280,000 complaints of alleged child sexual exploitation and arrested nearly 30,000 individuals, according to the statement. In Massachusetts, the task force is led by State police Sgt. Michael Hill, according to the statement.

"The ICAC Task Force generated targets associated with child exploitation on the Internet and forwarded those investigative leads to the statewide State Police Detective Units assigned to the District Attorney’s and Attorney General’s Office and local police departments," reads the statement. "Investigations were conducted through surveillance, obtaining and executing search warrants, interviewing suspects and child victims, retrieving physical evidence, and conducting forensic examinations of digital evidence seized.

"Other tips were received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The investigative units were assisted by various crime scene services and digital evidence sections."

The ICAC generated about 45 new cases for investigation during the operation, while another dozen were the result of tips from the National Center.

Here is a look at the operation:

• Search warrants served: 56
• Number of arrests: 32
• Number of criminal complaints sought: 1
• Number of cases pending criminal complaints: 7
• Number of investigations still ongoing: 14.

is one of 41 law enforcement agencies that participated in the operation. No suspects were reportedly arrested in Stoneham.

Here's a complete list of towns where the arrests were made during the operation:

• Amesbury
• Arlington
• Belchertown
• Brockton (Two defendants)
• Dedham
• East Boston (Two defendants)
• Granby
• Haverhill
• Hyde Park
• Lowell
• Marblehead
• Middleboro
• Milford
• Natick
• New Bedford (Four defendants)
• North Attleboro
• Oak Bluffs
• Oxford
• Revere
• Scituate
• Seekonk
• Somerset
• South Harwich
• Stockbridge
• Taunton
• Worcester (Two defendants)

Here's a complete list of the participating law enforcement agencies:

• Arlington Police Department
• Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department
• Barnstable Police Department
• Belchertown Police Department
• Boston Police Department
• Brewster Police Department
• Brockton Police Department
• Chelsea Police Department
• Dedham Police Department
• Department of Homeland Security/Homeland Security Investigations
• East Bridgewater Police Department
• Fall River Police Department
• Granby Police Department
• Greenfield Police Department
• Harwich Police Department
• Haverhill Police Department
• Lexington Police Department
• Lowell Police Department
• Malden Police Department
• Marshfield Police Department
• Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Forensic Lab
• Massachusetts State Police
• Middleboro Police Department
• Milford Police Department
• Natick Police Department
• New Bedford Police Department
• North Attleboro Police Department
• Northampton Police Department
• Oxford Police Department
• Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department
• Scituate Police Department
• Seekonk Police Department
• Somerset Police Department
• Stoneham Police Department
• Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
• Taunton Police Department
• Tewksbury Police Department
• United States Postal Inspection Service
• United States Secret Service (New England Electronic Crimes Task Force)
• Waltham Police Department
• Worcester Police Department