Registered Sex Offender Indicted on Child Pornography Charges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Jason D. Boudreau, 41, of Woonsocket, was arraigned on Monday in U.S. District Court in Providence on a 33-count federal indictment charging him with 33 counts of allegedly accessing with intent to view child pornography. A federal grand jury returned the indictment on February 16, 2016.

Boudreau has been detained in federal custody since his arrest and initial appearance before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond on December 29, 2015, on a federal criminal complaint issued in this matter.

Boudreau’s indictment and arraignment is announced by United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police; Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for New England; and Woonsocket Acting Police Chief Captain Michael R. Lemoine.

According to court documents, it is alleged that between August 16 and October 9, 2015, Boudreau digitally accessed more than 750 images of alleged child pornography with the intent to view.

An indictment is merely an allegation and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

According to court documents and information presented to the court, Boudreau was convicted in Rhode Island state court in March 2012 for 2^nd degree child molestation and in January 2014 for possession of child pornography. At the time of sentencing for possession of child pornography, Boudreau was ordered to register as a sex offender.

Accessing child pornography is punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison, with a maximum of 20 years imprisonment.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard W. Rose.

The matter was investigated by the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations and the Woonsocket Police Department.

Homeland Security Investigations agents were assisted by members of the Branford, Conn., police department at the time the defendant was located and arrested in Connecticut on December 29, 2015.

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