Chenango County Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Sexually Exploiting Three Children

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Patrick Kain, age 35, of Norwich, New York was sentenced today to thirty-five years’ imprisonment for 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 United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi 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 previously entered 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.

Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy also imposed a 20-year term of supervised release, which will start after Kain is released from prison, required Kain to pay $3,000 in restitution to a victim whose image he possessed on one of his electronic devices, and ordered a $400 special assessment.

This case was being investigated by the FBI, the New York State Police, and the Chenango County District Attorney’s Office.  It was 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.