Oneida County Man Sentenced to 132 Months for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – John Angwin, age 30, of Holland Patent, New York, was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography.  The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.

As part of his guilty plea, Angwin admitted that he used the Kik Messenger application to distribute child pornography to other Kik users.  Agwin also used his iPhone to possess images and videos of child pornography he received via the internet.  On Angwin’s iPhones he possessed over 1,500 images and over 150 video files depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The images and videos included depictions of the rape and sodomy of prepubescent children and toddlers.

Chief United States District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also imposed a 25-year term of supervised release, which will start after Angwin is released from prison, and ordered payment of $12,000 in restitution. As a result of his conviction, Angwin will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.

Angwin’s case was investigated by HSI Syracuse with assistance from the State Police Computer Crimes Unit, and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey J. L. Brown.

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.