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Jamaica man had kiddie porn on home computer

A Jamaica, Queens, man who works as a computer program developer for an Edison, New Jersey, company has pleaded guilty to possessing images of underage children involved in sexual activity on his home computer.
The defendant has admitted possessing files that depict young children  less than 16 years of age  engaging in sexual acts on his home computer,  said District Attorney Richard A. Brown. His apprehension and subsequent plea was the result of an ongoing law enforcement surveillance initiative designed to protect children who are underage and vulnerable to sexual predators who troll the Internet looking for victims. 
Henri J. Fougere, 27, of 90-36 198th Street in Jamaica, was arrested in December 2005. He pleaded guilty to possessing a sexual performance by a child before Queens Criminal Court Judge Gene Lopez, who indicated that he would likely sentence the defendant to six months in jail, ten years  probation and order him to register as a sex offender at sentencing on February 6, 2007.
Fougere had been arrested in Manhattan in October 2005 for engaging in a series of communications with NYPD undercover police officers portraying themselves online as underage girls. Information developed during that investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at the defendant s Queens residence in which at least ten images  including video clips of children under the age of sixteen engaging in sexual acts  were found on his computer.
The district attorney noted that Fougere pleaded guilty in the Manhattan case on December 21, 2006 to possessing a sexual performance by a child before Acting State Supreme Court Justice Daniel P. Fitzgerald. 
Fougere is expected to be sentenced to a similar term of incarceration when he is sentenced in that case on February 15, 2007.