Date: 12-28-2017

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Case Number: 5:16-cr-00248-GTS

Judge: Glenn T. Suddaby

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Onondaga County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Katherine Kopita and Geoffrey Brown

Defendant's Attorney: Larry Kasperek

Description: Syracuse, NY - Former Ogdensburg Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child

Harry McCarthy, age 57, of Ogdensburg, New York, pled guilty on December 19, 2017 to sexually exploiting a child.

McCarthy admitted that in 2013 and 2014, he used a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing images of that conduct. At the time of his crime, McCarthy was an officer at the Ogdensburg Police Department.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 18, 2018 in Syracuse before Chief United States District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby. McCarthy pled guilty as part of an agreement that, if accepted by Chief Judge Suddaby, would require him to serve 15 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. 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. McCarthy would also be required to register as a sex offender.

This case was investigated by the FBI and the New York State Police.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood. 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). 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 to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

Outcome: Guilty

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