Date: 04-10-2021

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Case Number: 3:19-cr-00254-KAD

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Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (New Haven County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office

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Description: New Haven, Connecticut possession of child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michelle Lynn Gschlecht, who was charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse.

In August 1996, Gschlecht was convicted in state court of sexual assault in the first degree related to the aggravated sexual abuse of a minor. In July 2015, Gschlecht was convicted in state court of possession of child pornography.

In March 2019, Gschlecht began serving a 10-year term of state probation. In July 2019, Gschlecht’s probation officer received information that Gschlecht was in possession of a cellphone that contained images depicting the sexual abuse of minors. State probation officers arrested Gschlecht on July 31, 2019, after a review of her phone revealed images of child pornography. Subsequent forensic analysis of the phone revealed approximately 174 images of child pornography, including images depicting the sexual abuse of prepubescent children and infants.

Gschlecht has been detained since her arrest. On January 11, 2021, she pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.

The penalties in this matter were enhanced based on Gschlecht’s criminal history.

This matter was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the New Haven Police Department, with the assistance of the Connecticut’s Office of Adult Probation. The case was prosecuted by Nancy V. Gifford.

ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO - Possession of Child Pornography
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 120 months in prison, , followed by 10 years of supervised release.

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