Former Saint John, Indiana Resident Was Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison

HAMMOND –Christopher Raciti, age 48, formerly of Saint John, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on his guilty plea to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.

Raciti was sentenced to 78 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution along with the forfeiture of electronic devices associated with his crime. 

According to documents filed in the case, between November 7, 2015 and continuing through March 9, 2016, Raciti knowingly possessed more than 600 visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct on his computer.   In January 2018, Raciti was charged by Information and immediately entered a plea of guilty to the charge.

This information results from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the case being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Toi Denise Houston.

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