ALBANY, NEW YORK – Joseph A. Defilippi, age 55, of Chicopee,
Massachusetts, was arrested Friday and charged with traveling across state
lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C.
Jaquith and James Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The charge in the complaint is merely an accusation. The
defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The criminal complaint alleges that between February 28,
2018 and August 10, 2018, Defilippi exchanged e-mails with an undercover
investigator who was posing as a 13-year-old boy named “Dylan.” Many of the electronic communications sent by
Defilippi to “Dylan” involved Defilippi expressing his desire to engage in
sexual acts with “Dylan.”
In early August 2018, Defilippi and “Dylan” discussed plans
in which Defilippi would travel from Massachusetts in order to meet “Dylan” at
a park in Menands, New York. On the
morning of August 10, 2018, Defilippi drove from Chicopee to the park in
Menands. Shortly after Defilippi’s
arrival at the park, he was encountered by law enforcement and admitted that he
had travelled from Massachusetts to New York intending to engage in sexual acts
with “Dylan.”
Defilippi appeared today before United States Magistrate
Judge Daniel J. Stewart and was ordered detained pending further proceedings.
The charge filed against Defilippi carries a maximum
sentence of 30 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of
supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life. 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 is being investigated by the FBI and is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Belliss.
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