New Hampshire man gets 50 years in federal prison for producing child porn

On December 4, the FBI released word that 49-year-old Richard Silvestri of Seabrook, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.  According to court documents, sometime before December 13, 2017, Silvestri produced visual depictions of an eight-year-old girl engaging in sexually explicit activity.

Silvestri used a cell phone to produce the images; and he shared those images with others.

An undercover agent of the FBI based in Alaska discovered Silvestri’s activities and sent an investigative lead to the Bedford, New Hampshire FBI office.  FBI agents obtained a criminal complaint charging Silvestri with producing child pornography and arrested him on December 13, 2017.

Silvestri pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography on June 15, 2018.

“Protecting children from harm is one of the highest duties of law enforcement,” said U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray.

“Those who abuse children by producing child pornography cause grave harm to their victims and to our community.  We will always be aggressive in our efforts to identify and prosecute those who rob children of their innocence by producing child pornography.”

“Mr. Silvestri repeatedly abused an innocent child, and with this sentence, he’s finally being held accountable for his detestable actions.  The FBI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to do everything we can to protect our children from individuals who prey on our most vulnerable,” said Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division.

The FBI and the Seabrook Police Department worked together in the investigation of this case with support from the staff of the Rockingham County Child Advocacy Center.

(Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Hampshire)

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