Joshua S. Levy, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
An Amherst man has admitted guilt in a federal court in Boston for offenses related to child pornography. Bradley Driscoll, aged 26, pleaded guilty to charges of distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The plea was entered on February 5, 2025, with U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni setting the sentencing date for May 13, 2025. Driscoll faced indictment by a federal grand jury in October 2023.
The investigation revealed that around August 29, 2022, Driscoll distributed and possessed CSAM through an online chat on Kik with an undercover agent. During this interaction, he showed interest in acquiring CSAM materials and shared a link containing approximately 345 files depicting minors as young as one year old being sexually abused by adults.
In September 2023, Driscoll confessed to federal agents that he owned the Kik username involved and had found the link containing CSAM through other Kik chat groups. He admitted requesting sexual material from the undercover agent and acknowledged that the Mega link he shared contained such content involving young children.
The distribution charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to 20 years in prison, along with supervised release ranging from five years to life and a potential fine of $250,000. The possession charge could result in up to 20 years imprisonment with similar conditions for supervised release and fines. Sentences are determined by a federal district court judge based on United States Sentencing Guidelines among other statutory factors.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigations; and Gabriel Ting, Chief of the Amherst Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus from the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.
This case forms part of Project Safe Childhood—a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 aimed at protecting children from exploitation and abuse by coordinating efforts across federal, state, and local levels to apprehend offenders while identifying and rescuing victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov/.
