Saratoga Springs Man Sentenced to 88 Months for Receiving Child Pornography

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Kyle Caton, age 31, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced today to 88 months in prison for receiving child pornography.  

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

As part of his guilty plea, Caton admitted that his offense involved more than 600 images depicting the sexual exploitation of children, including images of prepubescent children, toddlers, and images depicting sadistic or masochistic conduct.  Caton also admitted to purchasing child pornography from an encrypted web site that is not accessible via ordinary online search engines. 

Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy also imposed a 15-year term of supervised release, which will begin after Caton is released from prison, and ordered him to pay $12,000 in restitution to child pornography victims.  Caton will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of his conviction.

Caton was enlisted in the United States Navy prior to his arrest, and was discharged because of his crimes.

This case was investigated by HSI and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shira Hoffman as part of Project Safe Childhood. 

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), 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.