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Massachusetts man gets 8 years in child exploitation case
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David Cerasuolo, of Plainville, engaged in on-line conversations with the particular person he thought was a 13-year-old lady, however who was truly an undercover federal agent.
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for sending an express picture of himself to somebody he thought was a 13-year-old lady and for being in possession of kid pornography, federal prosecutors stated Friday.
David Cerasuolo, 49, of Plainville, engaged in on-line conversations beginning in June 2020 with the particular person he thought was a 13-year-old lady, however who was truly an undercover federal agent, the U.S. legal professional’s workplace in Boston stated.
Over the following few weeks, he despatched greater than 1,000 textual content messages to that particular person, together with one which contained an express picture of himself, prosecutors stated. He additionally tried to influence the particular person to take and ship images and movies of herself to him and tried to entice her into assembly for intercourse, prosecutors stated.
Through the investigation, brokers additionally discovered youngster pornography on his cellphone, authorities stated.
Cerasuolo pleaded responsible in March to the tried switch of obscene materials to a minor and possession of kid pornography. Along with the jail time period, he was sentenced to 5 years of probation.