​NH​ Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography

CONCORD, NH — A man from the western part of the state has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, according to U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice. Dwight Smith, 44, of Hinsdale, was in court on Wednesday, pleading to the charge.

According to Rice, a joint investigation by the New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations Manchester, and the Hinsdale Police Department resulted in the seizure of a computer and an external hard drive from Smith’s Hinsdale residence. A search of those devices revealed dozens of videos and several hundred still images of child pornography.

Smith will be sentenced in January 2017. He faces 10 years in prison, supervision, and fines.

The case was investigated by the New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Task Force in conjunction Homeland Security Investigations Manchester, and the police departments of Hinsdale, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Hampton, New Hampshire.

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