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Yahoo
25-04-2025
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Franklin County man pleads guilty to child porn charges
BOSTON (WWLP) – A man from Turners Falls has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges after police found illicit files on his computer. Student charged in Williams College restroom surveillance case; Six victims still unidentified The Department of Justice states that 79-year-old Edward Dunphy was identified through an investigation of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. During the search of his home on May 18th, 2023, over 340,000 files were found on his computer and external hard drives that contained child sexual abuse material Dunphy pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and is scheduled for sentencing on July 30th. The charge of possession of child pornography is a sentence of at least 10 years and up to 20 years in prison, a minimum of five years and up to life of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
Mass. man pleads guilty to having over 340,000 digital files of child sexual abuse material
A Western Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to having over 340,000 digital files of child sexual abuse material, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday. Turner Falls resident Edward Dunphy, 79, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in federal court in Boston after previously being indicted by a grand jury, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a press release. Dunphy was identified as a suspect through an investigation of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, the U.S. Attorney's office said. During a May 2023 search of his home, over 340,000 digital files of child sexual abuse material were found on his computer and external hard drives. Dunphy is set to be sentenced July 30, the U.S. Attorney's office said. The charge of possession of child pornography provides for a sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison, five years to life of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Man, 21, accused of planting surveillance camera in Williams College gym bathroom Suffolk DA blasts judge for dismissing case of man detained by ICE midtrial Ashland man found with child sex abuse material at Logan Airport, feds say Allston woman likely killed by baseball bat or sword identified Nigerian man pleads guilty to $10M pandemic unemployment fraud scheme
