Source: Office of United States Attorneys
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Norbert Morgan, age 54, of Glens Falls, New York, pled guilty last week to distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography while under post-release supervision for prior child exploitation offenses. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office, made the announcement.
Morgan pled guilty on May 24. According to the plea agreement and documents previously filed in the case, Morgan is a registered sex offender in the State of New York, stemming from his 2006 convictions in the Northern District of New York for sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. Morgan admitted that between February and August 2023, he used social networking applications on the internet to distribute numerous videos and images of child pornography. During a search of his apartment, federal agents seized a tablet that contained over 600 images of child pornography.
Morgan was arrested on August 30, 2023, after a complaint was filed in federal court. He has been detained since that date. Morgan also admitted to violating the terms of his supervised release on his prior convictions by committing the new offenses. He is scheduled to be sentenced on the new offenses and his violation of supervised release before United States District Judge Anne M. Nardacci on September 19, 2024.
Morgan faces at least 15 years and up to 40 years in prison on his guilty plea and an additional term of up to 2 years in prison on his violation of supervised release. He also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and a supervised release term of at least 5 years and up to life. Morgan may also be ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his offenses and forfeit the device used in the offenses. 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. Morgan would also have to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
HSI investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin S. Clark is prosecuting this case as part of Project Safe Childhood.
Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorney’s offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), and is designed to marshal 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.