Oneida County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Distributing, Transporting and Possessing Child Pornography

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Chad Srogi, age 40, of Vernon, New York was sentenced today to serve 25 years in federal prison for distributing, transporting, and possessing child pornography. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and New York State Police Acting Superintendent Dominick Chiumento made the announcement.

In previously pleading guilty, Srogi admitted that he distributed and transported child pornography on multiple social media platforms in 2018 and possessed more than a hundred child pornography files in October 2019. He also admitted that, in 2007, he was convicted in Florida of Promoting the Sexual Performance of a Child and Possessing Material Depicting the Sexual Performance of a Child.

In addition to the 300-month imprisonment term, United States District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also imposed a 25-year term of supervised release to begin after Srogi serves his term of imprisonment. Srogi also will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison and was ordered to pay restitution totaling $9,000 to the identified victims of his offenses.

This case was investigated by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the New York State Police (Troop D Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Computer Crimes Unit) and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael D. Gadarian as part of Project Safe Childhood.

Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.