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ALBANY, NEW YORK – Damian Quillinan, age 50, of Broadalbin, New York, pled guilty today to possession of child pornography while under post-release supervision for prior child pornography offenses. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office, made the announcement.
According to the plea agreement and documents previously filed in the case, Quillinan is a registered sex offender in the State of New York, stemming from his 2017 convictions in the Northern District of New York for multiple counts of receipt and possession of child pornography.
In January 2024, shortly after being released from incarceration on those offenses, Quillinan manipulated a video of a prepubescent minor he obtained over the internet to create a lewd and lascivious image of the minor’s genitalia, which he then possessed on a tablet until it was seized by law enforcement during a search of his residence in September 2024.
Quillinan also admitted to violating the terms of his supervised release on his prior convictions by committing the new offense and by possessing unauthorized internet-capable devices. He is scheduled to be sentenced on the new offense and his supervised release violation by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino on May 22, 2025.
Quillinan faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in prison, and up to 20 years in prison, and an additional term of up to 2 years in prison on his violation of supervised release. He also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and a supervised release term of at least 5 years and up to life. Quillinan may also be ordered to pay restitution to the victim of his offense and forfeit the device used in the offense. Quillinan must continue to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and other factors.
HSI investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorneys Benjamin S. Clark and Nicholas Walter are prosecuting this case as part of Project Safe Childhood.
Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorney’s offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), and is designed to marshal 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.