United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

Project Safe Childhood: NEWINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID M. BESAW, 26, of Horizon Hill Road, Newington, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 32 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release.  On May 5, 2010, BESAW pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in March 2008 an undercover FBI agent in Chicago connected to a peer-to-peer Internet file sharing program in an effort to identify individuals distributing child pornography.  The investigation revealed that images of child pornography had been sent from an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to an account holder at 20 Horizon Hill Road in Newington.

On July 16, 2008, the FBI conducted a court-authorized search of the Horizon Hill residence and seized a desktop computer.  Agents also interviewed BESAW who acknowledged that he used a peer-to-peer program to download images of child pornography.  A subsequent forensic analysis of the hard drive of the seized computer confirmed the existence of child pornography images and videos.

This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Deborah R. Slater.

U.S. Attorney Fein noted that this prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov