Child Porn Charges: Ex-Mount Kisco Fire Chief Arraigned

MOUNT KISCO, NY — Former Mount Kisco Fire Chief Raymond Zaccari faces two felony child pornography charges, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced Tuesday. The 58-year-old is a Rippowam Cisqua School employee.

On April 7, investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office executed a search warrant at 1 Spencer St. in Mount Kisco.

The warrant was based on a CyberTipline report filed by Google. Google stated that a person using an IP address associated with that home had uploaded an image of child pornography to an associated Google Plus Photos account.

The residents are Zaccari and his wife and adult daughter, the DA said.

Zaccari was arraigned that same day in Greenburgh Town Court. He is charged with one count of Promoting An Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, a class “D” Felony; and one count of Possessing An Obscene Sexual Performance By A Child, a class “E” Felony.

Prosecutors said Zaccari, 58, is an ex-chief of the Mount Kisco Fire Department. He told police that he is employed by the Rippowam Cisqua School in the Town of Bedford as a groundskeeper and also as a school bus driver for the district’s after-school activities and special events.

After his arraignment, the school was contacted and informed of the arrest.

His bail was set at $25,000 cash over $50,000 bond. As a condition of his bail, he is not permitted to be around children under the age of 17. His next court date is April 20 at the Village of Mount Kisco Justice Court.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Laura Forbes of the High Technology Crime Bureau.

The charges are only allegations; he is presumed innocent unless found guilty.