ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr.
announced today that Matthew A. Urquhart, 32, of Seneca Falls, NY, pleaded
guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession of child
pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a
lifetime term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle P. Rossi, who is handling the
case, stated that FBI Special Agents identified the defendant actively trading
child pornography from a trailer residence in Seneca Falls. Subsequently,
agents, with assistance from the Seneca Falls Police Department and Seneca
County Sheriff’s Office, searched two residences that Urquhart occupied during
the period in question. Digital items belonging to Urquhart were seized. A
forensic analysis determined that the defendant possessed multiple images and
videos of child pornography, including images that depicted the sexual abuse of
prepubescent minors.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary
Loeffert, the Seneca Falls Police Department, under the direction of Chief
Stuart W. Peenstra, and the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction
of Sheriff W. Timothy Luce.
Sentencing is scheduled for September 18, 2019, before Judge
Wolford.
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