Waltham Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charge

WALTHAM, MA — A Waltham man pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Robert Daigle, 47 pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for Sept. 11, 2024. In February 2022, Daigle was indicted by a federal grand jury on the charge.

On Jan. 11, 2022, about 10 electronic devices belonging to the Daigle were seized during a search of his residence. The majority of those devices were located in Daigle’s bedroom, officials said.

Daigle admitted to downloading hundreds to thousands of CSAM for about 20 years.

A forensic examination of one device was found to have approximately 1,100 child pornography images and approximately 900 child pornography videos. A second device was found to have approximately 380 child pornography images.

Daigle could face a sentence of at least five years and up to 20 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.