Hampden County District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni announced the indictment of 13 area people on child pornography charges, including a Westfield resident.
In a statement released Thursday, Mastroianni reported the indictments and noted that they represent investigations over an 18 month period, which were funded, in part, by a grant to his office from the Sexual Predator Program of the United State Department of Justice.
The investigations were “collaborative efforts”, the statement reports, between Mastroianni’s office and state troopers assigned to the detective unit attached to the Hampden County District Attorney’s officer, FBI agent and officers from area police departments.
Mastroianni reports that his office will continue to identify and charge “sexual predators that use the internet to engage in criminal acts involving children.”
David Lewis, 55, of Westfield was indicted on two counts of disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and two counts of possession of child pornography.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in Hampden County Superior Court on April 13.
Others indicted include:
• Kermit Pike, 39 of Monson, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child in the nude and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Jorge Pagan, 38, of Springfield, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child in the nude, for eight counts of possession of child pornography and for videotaping and surveillance of an unsuspecting nude person.
• Michael Sears, 51, of Ludlow, for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Daniel Sullivan, 52, of Springfield, for three counts of disseminating visual material of a child in the nude, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Leon Wright, 57, of West Springfield, for disseminating visual material of a child in engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Cody Bartels, 18, of Palmer for three counts of possession of child pornography, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child in the nude and for six counts of disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act.
• Paul Chartier, 53, of Springfield for three counts of possession of child pornography, for disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of disseminating visual material of a child in the nude.
• Colin Draper, 23, of Monson, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Charles Follett, 66, of West Springfield, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Thomas Laughlin, 40, of Chicopee, for three counts of possession of child pornography, for two counts of disseminating visual material of a child in the nude and for disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act.
• Barry Scott, 55, of Chicopee, for disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
• Luis Sanchez, 42, of Holyoke, for disseminating visual material of a child engaged in a sexual act and for three counts of possession of child pornography.
