Possessor of Child Pornography Sentenced
Defendant Who Received and Possessed Dozens of Child Pornography Videos Sentenced to 97 Months of Imprisonment
| U.S. Attorney’s Office August 02, 2011 |
ALBANY, NY—United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Clifford C. Holly, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albany Division, announced that PAUL NELLIGAN, JR., age 39, of Broadalbin, New York, was sentenced by the Honorable Gary L. Sharpe in Federal District Court in Albany on his guilty plea to one count of receiving child pornography.
In October 2008, undercover investigators downloaded child pornography still images, via the Internet, from NELLIGAN. On June 15, 2009 investigators executed a search warrant at NELLIGAN’s residence in Broadalbin and seized a computer that was used by NELLIGAN to obtain the child pornography. NELLIGAN pled guilty on January 27, 2011 to receiving child pornography over the Internet.
NELLIGAN was sentenced on August 2, 2011 to 97 months of imprisonment. Following his term of imprisonment, NELLIGAN will placed on supervised release for the remainder of his life. NELLIGAN was also ordered to: (1) have no unsupervised contact with minors; and (2) register with the New York State Sex Offender Registry Program.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.