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Date: 12-28-2022
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United States of America v. Keith Mussenden
Case Number: 1:21-cr-00009
Judge: Mae A. D'Agostino
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Onondaga County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney: David J. Rynkowski
Description: Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting a child.
Keith Mussenden, age 30, of Schenectady, New York, admitted that between June 2019 and February 2020, he exchanged messages through multiple social media applications with the victim, a then-14-year-old girl who resided outside of New York. Through these messages, Mussenden persuaded, induced, and enticed the victim to take sexually explicit images of herself and send them to him over the Internet. Mussenden also sent the victim pictures of his penis in the hopes of obtaining sexually explicit images of the victim in return. Mussenden further engaged in livestreamed video chats with the victim during which he requested that the victim perform sexual acts while he also engaged in sexual acts.
United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino also imposed a 20-year term of supervised release, which will start after Mussenden is released from prison, and ordered total restitution in the amount of $3,057.35. Mussenden will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
This case was investigated by the FBI and its Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes members of the Rotterdam Police Department and the New York State Police. The FBI’s Atlanta Field Office assisted in this investigation. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rachel L. Williams and Dustin C. Segovia as part of Project Safe Childhood.
18:2251 Sexual Exploitation of a Child w/Forfeiture Allegation
a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, with the intent that such minor engage in, any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection (e), if such person knows or has reason to know that such visual depiction will be transported or transmitted using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or mailed, if that visual depiction was produced or transmitted using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, or if such visual depiction has actually been transported or transmitted using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or mailed. * * *
Outcome: The defendant was sentenced on Count 1 of the Indictment to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a term of 262 months - The Court recommends to the BOP that the defendant receive sex offender treatment, substance abuse treatment, and mental health treatment while incarcerated; 20 years Supervised Release to follow, with standard and special conditions - including mental health treatment and sex offender specific conditions - including no contact with the victim or her family; $100.00 Special Assessment, forfeiture pursuant to the preliminary order of forfeiture; No Fine; Restitution in the amount of $3,000.00 to Tara and $57.36 to V-1;
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