Chenango County Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Three Children

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Patrick Kain, age 34, of Norwich, New York pled guilty yesterday to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of committing a felony involving a minor by a registered sex offender. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Nicholas Boshears, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Kain was convicted in Chenango County Court of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree in 2014, and because of that conviction is required to register as a sex offender in New York State. As a part of his guilty plea, Kain admitted that from roughly 2016 through 2019 he created sexually explicit images and videos of three different victims, each of whom were approximately five years old. These depictions generally involved Kain secretly recording the victims’ genitals. Included among this material is a video of Kain reaching his hand toward one of the victim’s genitals, putting his hand inside that victim’s underwear, and pulling it aside. In addition to the child pornography that Kain created, he also possessed approximately 90 videos and 10 images of child pornography not involving his own victims, both on his laptop and in an online storage account.

Kain faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 35 years and a maximum sentence of 160 years, a $250,000 fine, restitution to the victims, will be required to serve a post-release term of supervised release of between five years and life, and will have a continued duty to register as a sex offender.  A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the statutes the defendant violated, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors. The defendant’s sentencing is scheduled for October 6, 2021 before Hon. Thomas J. McAvoy, Senior District Judge.

This case is being investigated by the FBI, the New York State Police, and the Chenango County District Attorney’s Office.  It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Gadarian as part of Project Safe Childhood.  Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.