Date: 03-11-2021

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Case Number: 3:21-cr-00026-JAM-1

Judge: Jeffrey A. Meyer

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 sexual exploitation of children charge criminal defense lawyer represent Defendant, Edward Galpin, age 39, of Stratford, who was charged with sexual exploitation of multiple children.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Galpin was an administrator of a private Kik messaging app chat group that provided a forum for members to discuss their sexual interest in young children and exchange images and videos of child sexual abuse. As a group administrator, Galpin distributed child pornography, requested it from other group members, and removed from the group certain members who did not share child pornography. Galpin possessed and shared a significant amount of child pornography, including images and videos of prepubescent minors and content portraying sadistic and masochistic conduct and the sexual abuse of toddlers.

The investigation also revealed that Galpin used Instagram to identify young girls for the purpose of soliciting or producing child pornography. In one instance, Galpin arranged to meet with a 17-year-old girl, picked her up at her house, and engaged in sexually explicit conduct with her. Galpin recorded the sexual encounter and then shared images and videos on Kik. In another instance, Galpin identified a 15-year-old girl via Instagram and enticed her to send him sexually explicit images of herself. The victim did so using Instagram’s “self-destruct” feature, which automatically deletes an image after a short time. However, Galpin recorded video of his conversation with the victim so he could retain the images he received. In a third instance, Galpin contacted an eighth-grade girl via Instagram direct message and subsequently received from her a video and other images of her engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Galpin also used spy cameras to record videos of women and girls while they were undressing. Galpin then distributed the videos, including video of a minor girl, via Kik.

In June 2020, Galpin contacted a Kik account operated by an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a 14-year-old girl. Galpin asked the “girl” when her “mom” would be away from home and arranged to meet the “girl” at a coffee shop in Connecticut. On June 25, 2020, after Galpin arrived at the scheduled time and place, law enforcement approached him and seized his iPhone. He was arrested later that day and has been detained since his arrest.

Galpin was originally charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The case was then transferred to the District of Connecticut.

Galpin pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years on each count, and two counts of distribution of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years on each count.

This investigation has been conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New Haven and Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Police (D.C.) Department’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert S. Ruff and Sarala V. Nagala in the District of Connecticut, and Assistant U.S. Attorney April Russo in the District of Columbia.

SELLING OR BUYING OF CHILDREN(Production of Child Pornography)
(1-2)
ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO(Distribution of Child Pornography)
(3

Outcome: 03/10/2021 Counts added: John Doe (1) counts 1-2, 3. (Gutierrez, Y.) (Entered: 03/12/2021)
03/10/2021 8 INFORMATION as to Edward Galpin (1) counts 1-2, 3. (Gutierrez, Y.) (Entered: 03/12/2021)
03/10/2021 9 WAIVER OF INDICTMENT by Edward Galpin (Gutierrez, Y.) (Entered: 03/12/2021)
03/10/2021 10 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer:Initial Appearance and Waiver/Plea Hearing as to Edward Galpin held on 3/10/2021, Plea entered by Edward Galpin (1) Guilty Count 1-2,3. Total Time: 1 hours and 14 minutes(Court Reporter Diana Huntington.)(Gutierrez, Y.) (Entered: 03/12/2021)
03/10/2021 11 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Edward Galpin (Gutierrez, Y.) (Entered: 03/12/2021)
03/10/2021 12 ORDER OF REFERRAL TO PROBATION FOR PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION AND REPORT as to Edward Galpin. First Disclosure-PSI due 4/21/2021; Objections Due 5/5/2021; 2nd-Disclosure PSI due 5/17/2021; Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum due 5/19/2021; Government's Response due 5/26/2021. Sentencing set for 6/2/2021 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom Three, 141 Church St., New Haven, CT before Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer.
Signed by Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer on 3/10/2021. (Gutierrez, Y.) (Entered: 03/12/2021)

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