ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kyle Caton, age 31, of Saratoga County, New York, pled guilty today to receiving child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office.
In pleading guilty, Caton admitted that between 2018 and Feb. 25, 2019, he downloaded child pornography from the internet. At the time of his arrest, Caton’s computer contained at least 454 images and 50 videos of child pornography. Some of these images depicted the abuse of very young children, including at least one toddler.
Sentencing has been set for Nov. 3, 2019 in Albany before Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy. Caton faces at least 5 years and up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of post-imprisonment 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 was investigated by HSI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Shira C. Hoffman, 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
