Salem Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Child Pornography

CONCORD, NH - A local man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison on a single possession of child pornography charge, according to U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice.

Matthew Castricone, 27, pled guilty to one count back in February of this year after a federal investigation revealed that he had accessed a website devoted to child pornography from his residence.

When a search warrant was subsequently obtained and executed at the defendant’s residence in October 2015, agents discovered dozens of videos of child pornography on the defendant’s personal computer.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Boston and New Hampshire offices), and the Salem Police Department, according to Rice, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nick Abramson.

In February 2006, the Department of Justice introduced Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit justice.gov/psc.