ALBANY, N.Y. — Zachary L. Duchesne, 25, of Stillwater, pleaded guilty to seven counts of transportation of child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.
Duchesne admitted to using a Dropbox account to store, possess, and view images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children, between Dec. 26, 2017, and June 23, 2019. He admitted to periodically transferring child pornography videos into his Dropbox account, and to using the stored child pornography as a form of “currency” to trade with other people.
Duchesne has been in custody since his arrest on July 15, 2020.
Duchesne, who has a prior conviction relating to the possession of child pornography, faces at least 15 years and up to 40 years in prison, and at least five years of post-imprisonment supervised release when Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy sentences him on Jan. 11, 2022.
This case was investigated by HSI, with assistance from the Stillwater Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett as part of Project Safe Childhood.
