Registered sex offender sentenced to prison on child porn charges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Woonsocket man previously convicted in Rhode Island state court on child molestation and child pornography charges, and later found to be in possession of images and videos of child pornography while serving a term of state probation, was sentenced today to more than nineteen years in federal prison on charges of access with intent to view child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.

In November 2015, less than two years after being sentenced in state court to a five-year suspended sentence for possessing child pornography, Jason D. Boudreau, 47, was found by law enforcement to be in possession of cell phone on which he had accessed and viewed over 600 images and videos of child pornography. That phone was seized by law enforcement and a month later, he was again found to be in possession of another cell phone with more than 100 images of child pornography.

According to court documents, on November 20, 2015, following a tip that a child pornography video was uploaded to the internet from his home, members of the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations agents, and Woonsocket Police Detectives executed a court-authorized search of Boudreau’s residence. Several digital media storage devices and a cellular telephone were seized. A forensic examination of the devices revealed that during an approximately two-month period, Boudreau had accessed and viewed 677 images of child pornography on his cell phone. The images depict adult males using infants, toddlers, and other prepubescent girls for sexual acts, and included images of sex acts of children involving bondage. A month later, after a criminal complaint and warrant issued for his arrest, law enforcement located Boudreau in Branford, CT. At the time of his arrest, he was found to be in possession of another cell phone containing more than 100 images of child pornography.

Boudreau was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., to 235 months of incarceration in federal prison to be followed by lifetime federal supervised release. Additionally, the court ordered that Boudreau is subject to searches by U.S. Probation and/or members of law enforcement of his residence, automobile, workplace, computer, and other electronic communication or data storage devices or media with or without reasonable suspicion of a violation of the terms of his supervised release.

According to court records, Boudreau was convicted on a charge of simple assault in Rhode Island State court in December 2009, and that case involved his assault on an eleven-year-old child. Boudreau was next convicted in Rhode Island state court in March 2012 on a charge of 2nd degree child molestation. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, two years to serve, 6 years suspended. In January 2014, Boudreau was convicted in Rhode Island state court for possession of child pornography and sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence with probation and ordered to register as a sex offender. Additionally, in November 2013, Boudreau was arrested on a charge of felony risk of injury to a child filed in Connecticut Superior Court in Danielson, CT based on conduct involving a 14-year-old girl.

The case in federal court in Providence was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Denise M. Barton.