BOSTON – A Chicopee man was charged yesterday in federal
court in Springfield with child pornography offenses.
Thomas Stemmer, 57, was indicted on one count each of
receipt and possession of child pornography. The indictment alleges that
Stemmer received and possessed child pornography during 2015.
The charge of receipt of child pornography provides for a
sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and a
$250,000 fine. The charge of possession of child pornography provides for a
sentence of up to 10 years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and a
$250,000 fine. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on
the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Division, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney
Alex J. Grant of Lelling’s Springfield Branch Office is prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a
nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual
exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led
by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity
Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to
locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as
identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood,
please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The details contained in the indictment are allegations. The
defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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