A 32-year-old man is facing prison time after admitting to sharing his extensive child pornography collection online from his parents’ Bayside home where he lives, prosecutors announced.
Christopher DeNicola of Bell Boulevard pleaded guilty on Thursday to promoting the sexual performance of a child, and the judge indicated he will sentence him to two to six years in prison on Sept. 10.
According to the charges, on May 5, 2014, special agents from the Department of Homeland Security showed up to DeNicola’s home, which he shares with his parents, and executed a court-authorized search warrant, District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Authorities recovered 34 pieces of electronic media, including a desktop computer with 10 external hard drives connected to it. On those devices, there were more than 10,000 photographs and videos of underage children being sexually abused.
DeNicola allegedly copped to trading the child pornography on peer-to-peer networks for years.
“The defendant has admitted that he shared very disturbing pictures and videos of children. It is important to remember that these images are for all intents and purposes crime scenes — they depict real children being cruelly victimized both physically and emotionally. The memories of their abuse will be with them for the rest of their lives,” Brown said.
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