N. Westchester Man Accused Of Child Porn Possession

SOMERS, NY — A northern Westchester County man was arrested after being accused of having child porn on a home computer. District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Thursday that Michael Gagliardi, 51, of Somers, was arrested and arraigned after county criminal investigators executed a search warrant and seized computers and other devices in his home Wednesday.

Gagliardi is charged with the following:

• Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, a felony
• Possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, a felony

Scarpino's office said it received notification from another law enforcement agency that someone at a Somers address had downloaded pornographic images of children.

The DA's criminal investigators surveilled the property Monday and executed a search warrant Wednesday.

The investigators said they found Gagliardi had downloaded on a home computer explicit images of a female child victim who was about 4 to 6 years old.

The download was done Feb. 27, they said.

The DA's criminal investigators squad, with the assistance from the New York State Police from the Troop K Somers barracks, arrested Gagliardi Wednesday.

He was arraigned Wednesday evening in Bedford Town Court and posted $2,500 bail.

Gagliardi is next scheduled to appear in court July 29.

The district attorney's office said that there were concerns in Somers Monday after a homeowner mistakenly reported to the state police that there were two men posing as police officers in the area. The unidentified men with badges were sworn investigators from the DA's office working on this case, according to a spokeswoman for the district attorney.

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