Stephen Brisee, also known as Sage Brisee, aged 31 from Albany, has been sentenced to 180 months in prison. This follows his guilty plea to six counts related to the distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Buffalo Field Office.
Brisee admitted to receiving and distributing videos showing adults sexually abusing girls aged between 6 months and 10 years. A search of his phone revealed a collection of other child pornography images. At the time of these offenses, Brisee was a registered sex offender on post-release supervision after a New York State conviction for promoting a sexual performance by a child. He had been released from state prison only months before committing this new offense.
United States Attorney Sarcone remarked on the severity of the conduct: “This conduct was especially egregious because the defendant was released from prison for another child pornography offense less than six months before. With our law enforcement partners my office will continue to take all available actions to hold sex offenders accountable to the fullest extent to the law when they commit new crimes.”
Erin Keegan added: “Brisee received and shared images depicting some of the most inhumane crimes imaginable against defenseless children and babies as young as 6 months old. Our community is significantly safer with this repeat sex offender no longer roaming freely."
In addition to his prison sentence, United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino imposed a 20-year term of supervised release on Brisee and ordered him to pay $3,000 in restitution. Upon release from imprisonment, he will be required to continue registering as a sex offender.
The case was investigated by HSI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S. Reiner under Project Safe Childhood—a nationwide initiative aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
