ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.
announced today that Joshua Vandegrift, 33, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted
of attempted receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 13 years in
prison by U.S. District Elizabeth A. Wolford.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Rossi, who handled the case,
stated that the defendant was arrested by the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office
after engaging a minor in sexually explicit conversations via Facebook.
Following an extensive investigation, Sheriff’s Office investigators discovered
additional minors who had been victimized by Vandegrift. The victims were
located and identified by members of the FBI, Corning Office. The victims
included a 12-year-old female, two 13-year-old females, and a 17-year-old
female. In each of the conversations, the defendant sent the victims sexually
explicit images and videos of himself, and attempted to induce the victims to
send him nude photographs in return.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the
Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Don Hilton; the
Chemung County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Acting Sheriff William
A. Schrom; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Corning Office, under the
direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert.
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