Sabattus Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography

Contact: Craig M. Wolff
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Portland, Maine:  United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jody G. Moczara, 34, of Sabattus, Maine pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to receiving child pornography.

According to court records, in June 2015, Moczara used the internet and a file-sharing program to download several child pornography videos to his computer. Information obtained from his computer showed that he used the file-sharing program to search for child pornography. Many child pornography video files and still images were found on the computer.
     
He faces between five and 20 years in prison, between five years and life on supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
     
The investigation was conducted by the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.