Boxborough man sentenced on child porn charges

By Jillian Jorgensen, Globe Correspondent

A Boxborough man was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in prison on child pornography charges, federal prosecutors said.

Robert Mittel-Carey, 25, pleaded guilty in December to an eight-count indictment that alleged he chatted online with a person whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, but who was actually a law enforcement officer, the US attorney's office said in a statement.

Mittel-Carey told the undercover officer he wanted to have sex, engaged in explicit conversations, and sent images of child pornography, prosecutors said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant in 2005 on the residence Mittel-Carey shared with his girlfriend and found numerous images of child pornography on his computer, leading to his arrest for possessing, receiving, and distributing child pornography.

His prison sentence will be followed by a 15-year period of supervised release. He will also have to register as a sex offender in any state where he lives, works, or studies.

The case was investigated by the FBI's Lowell office and prosecuted by the US attorney's office's major crimes unit.

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