ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York man was sentenced for receiving child sexual abuse material following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Buffalo.
Christopher Barry, 42, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced to 72 months in prison at the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern New York on Dec. 4.
“Barry earned time behind bars after admitting to the heinous crime of receiving online child exploitation and abuse material,” said HSI Buffalo Special Agent in Charge Erin Keegan. “HSI Buffalo worked diligently with the New York State police who supported this investigation. Together with our law enforcement partners we are committed to pursuing justice for the innocent minor population who are victimized by online perpetrators.”
As part of his prior guilty plea, Barry admitted that between June 2021 and January 2022, he received child pornography, including images of prepubescent minors, and on Feb. 9, 2023, possessed two phones containing child pornography. The offense involved more than 1,500 still images and at least four videos of child pornography.
In addition to the sentence, Barry was ordered to serve a 15-year term of post-incarceration supervised release, to forfeit the two phones involved in the offense, and to pay a total of $42,000 restitution to 14 victims. Barry will also be required to register as a sex offender after his release from prison.
Know2Protect (K2P) is a national public awareness campaign from the Department of Homeland Security. K2P’s aim is to educate and empower children, teens, parents, trusted adults and policymakers to prevent, combat and report online child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information, please visit our YouTube playlists at Know2Protect Campaign PSA Playlist and Know2Protect Digital Safety Series Playlist on the DHS main channel. Additional resources are available at know2protect.gov, Instagram, Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter.