Mass. man indicted after feds say he had sexual abuse videos of children aged 4 to 10
Brent Vreeland, 36, is facing one count each of transportation of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a press release. He has been in federal custody since being arrested and charged on April 23.
In October 2024, Vreeland was flagged for secondary screening at Boston Logan Airport after arriving on a flight from Reykjavik, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Federal law enforcement alleges that 30 files of child sexual abuse images and videos were found on his Telegram account in direct messages with other unknown users of the app.
Read more: Ashland man found with child sex abuse material at Logan Airport, feds say
Vreeland is accused of receiving and distributing three videos showing the sexual abuse of children between four and 10 years old, the district attorney's office said. In one Telegram conversation, he is alleged to have asked another user to trade child sexual abuse material for 'the youngest' they had.
Vreeland is set to be arraigned in federal court in Boston on July 17, the U.S. Attorney's office said. He faces decades in prison, up to a lifetime of supervised release and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines if convicted of the charges.
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