Ogdensburg Man Sentenced On Child Pornography Convictions

PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK – Bruce Michael Dority, age 55, of Ogdensburg, New York, was sentenced today to serve 112 months in prison on his convictions for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and James C. Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also ordered Dority to serve a lifetime of supervised release, to begin upon his release from prison.  Dority must also register as a sex offender.

Dority admitted that between November 2013 and April 2014, he searched on the Internet for graphic images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, found such images, and downloaded such images onto his computer in order to view them.  Dority also admitted that on May 6, 2014, he possessed numerous graphic image files of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Katherine Kopita.