ALBANY – A 71-year-old
Marlboro man has been arrested and charged with distributing, receiving
and possessing child pornography.
(Read the criminal complaint.)
Thomas Albright was arrested on January 12, appeared the following day
in US Magistrate Court in Albany and was detained pending further court
proceedings.
According to the federal complaint filed against him, Albright admitted
to authorities that he searched for, downloaded and collected images and
videos of young boys.
On January 12, 2017, he consented to a polygraph test. “During the
course of the examination, Albright admitted to a long-time attraction
to young male boys between the ages of 14 and 17,” the federal complaint
read.
If convicted of all charges, Albright faces from five to 20 years in federal
prison, five years to life of post-imprisonment supervised release and
a maximum $250,000 fine. He would also have to register as a sex offender.
