Scituate Man Sentenced to Ten years In Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography Following Earlier Federal Conviction for Child Pornography Offenses

PROVIDENCE – A North Scituate man, convicted in May 2009 and incarcerated in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography, has been sentenced to serve a further 10 years in federal prison for being in possession of child pornography after completing his previous sentence and while serving a term of federal supervised release, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

Based on information received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in April of 2002, the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force identified an IP address, assigned to a business located on the ground floor of a multi-residence building in North Scituate, as having accessed child pornography.  Further investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and Federal Probation officers successfully identified Brian Murphy, 54, a resident of the building, as having accessed child pornography using the business’ Wi-Fi.  s.  Murphy ultimately admitted to a federal judge that he used the Wi-Fi service and possessed child pornography.

 He was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith to a term of 120 months of incarceration in federal prison, to be followed by 10 years of federal supervised release.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Milind M. Shah.

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