Rhode Island level III sex offender convicted for 4th time on child pornography charges sentenced to prison

PROVIDENCE – A Charlestown man convicted four times on child pornography charges has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

In this most recent case, Patrick K. Beattie, 39, admitted to a federal judge that beginning no later than in March 2023, he downloaded and stored hundreds of digital images and videos depicting child sexual abuse material that depicted minors, including prepubescent minors, engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Some of image and video files were downloaded from the dark web.

Court records reflect that Beattie was previously convicted and sentenced on child pornography charges in matters unrelated to this case in 2017, 2022, and 2023.

Beattie was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose to 120 months of incarceration to be followed by fifteen years of federal supervised release. Beattie pleaded guilty on October 21, 2024, to an indictment charging him with two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. No plea agreement was filed in this matter.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Denise M. Barton and Christine D. Lowell.

The matter was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, Charlestown Police, and the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, with the assistance of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections Probation and Parole Unit.