East Durham Man Sentenced to 72 Months on Child Pornography Convictions

East Durham Man Sentenced to 72 Months on Child Pornography Convictions

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 10, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

ALBANY, NEW YORK - Gregory Kurzajczyk, age 69, of East Durham, New York, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for distributing and receiving child pornography.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and James C. Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino also ordered Kurzajczyk to serve a lifetime term of supervised release, to begin after his release from prison. Kurzajczyk will also have to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.

As part of his guilty plea on Sept. 2, 2016, Kurzajczyk admitted that between July 16, 2014 and Jan. 19, 2015, he distributed child pornography images and videos through an Internet file-sharing application. Kurzajczyk also admitted to using the file-sharing application to download child pornography.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Colonie Police Department, with the assistance of the U.S. Secret Service, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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