ALBANY, NEW YORK – Corey Baker, age 25, of Clintondale, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 100 months in prison for distributing child pornography.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Baker pled guilty on January 15, 2020.  As part of his guilty plea, Baker admitted that, between June 2017 and August 2018, he used a cell phone and laptop, equipped with various Internet-based instant messaging and file-sharing applications, to trade child pornography with others.  He also admitted to using a peer-to-peer file-sharing application on the laptop to search for and download child pornography.  Baker’s phone and laptop computer contained approximately 671 video files and 115 image files depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy also sentenced Baker to a 15-year term of supervised release, to begin following his term of imprisonment, and ordered him to pay $6,000 in restitution to the victims depicted in the materials he possessed.  Baker will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison

This case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the New York State Police, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Emmet O’Hanlon.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, 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, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK – Corey Baker, age 24, of Clintondale, New York, pled guilty today to distributing and receiving child pornography.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

As part of his guilty plea, Baker admitted that between June 2017 and August 2018, he traded child pornography with others using a phone and laptop computer equipped with various Internet-based instant messaging and file-sharing applications.  He also admitted to using a peer-to-peer file-sharing application on the laptop to search for and download child pornography.  Baker’s phone and laptop computer contained approximately 671 video files and 115 image files depicting child pornography.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 27, 2020 before Senior United States Judge Thomas J. McAvoy.

Baker faces a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years, and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.  The Court is also required to impose a term of supervised release of between 5 years and life, and Baker will be required to register as a sex offender.  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

This case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the New York State Police, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Emmet O’Hanlon.

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.