ALBANY – A Hurley man was sentenced in Albany federal court on Thursday to 17 ½ years in prison for distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.
Nicholas Rockwell, 27, admitted during his previously entered guilty plea, that on October 11, 2019, he used a social media messaging app to send and receive several child pornography videos to another man over the Internet.
Rockwell also admitted that at the time of his federal arrest on December 19, 2019, he possessed on his iPhone, and in two cloud-based storage accounts, approximately 2,000 images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
In addition to the prison time, Chief U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby imposed a 20-year term of post-release supervision and ordered Rockland to pay $18,000 in restitution to six victims.
He will also be required to register as a sex offender when released from prison.
