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Date: 06-02-2018

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United States of America v. Harry Bright, a/k/a "Buddy Bright"

District of Connecticut Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut

Case Number: 3:17-mj-01868-WIG

Judge: Michael P. Shea

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

Plaintiff's Attorney: Jacabed Rodriguez-Coss

Defendant's Attorney: James P Maguire - FPD

Description: New Haven, CT - Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Exploitation Offense

Harry Bright, also known as “Buddy Bright,” 78, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on May 31, 2018 in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of obscene matter to a minor.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in November 2017, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contacted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to report that NCMEC had been notified by Facebook’s Trust and Safety team that BRIGHT was enticing a 15-year-old female through Facebook instant messaging to engage in sexual activity, and was planning on traveling to the Philippines on December 4, 2017, to meet the minor victim. The investigation revealed that BRIGHT started communicating with the minor victim in late August 2017, sent her sexually explicit messages and requested that she send him nude photographs of herself. In September 2017, BRIGHT sent the minor victim nude pictures of himself.

The investigation further revealed that BRIGHT had engaged in sexually explicit conversations with at least two other 15-year-old females in the Philippines through Facebook, and that he sent one of those minor victims a nude picture of himself.

BRIGHT was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on December 4, 2017.

This matter is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com (link is external).

Outcome: Guilty

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