Ex-police chief of NY town sentenced in case that led to child porn sweep

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Ex-police chief of NY town sentenced in case that led to child porn sweep
Reuters
By Joseph Ax
5 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former police chief of a New York town was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for possessing child pornography in a case that helped crack an extensive child pornography operation in New York state.

Brian Fanelli, 56, the former chief in Mount Pleasant, New York, pleaded guilty in July to one count of child pornography. He was sentenced in White Plains federal court.

Fanelli's arrest in January 2014 and the arrest of a Brooklyn rabbi two months later alerted authorities to an online network in which people traded sexually explicit images and videos of children.

From April 4 to May 15, 2014, federal agents and New York City police infiltrated a file sharing network in an investigation dubbed "Operation Caireen." They seized 600 computers, tablets, smartphones and thumb drives.

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[Midnight Writer]

1. Whoa, Nelly! They really threw the booklet at this child porn fanatic with a badge.

[rjsquirrel]

5. A year and a half?

Must be a cop. Oh yeah, right, he is.

Unbelievable.

[GGJohn]

2. Ugh.

These short eyes mother******s are the lowest of the lowest scum of the earth.
WTF, how does someone exploit children like that?
I can't wrap my head around some POS that likes to, well, see children in a sexual way.

[RandiFan1290]

3. Such a peaceful culture

Who let these people in this country?

[1Greensix]

4. Too light of sentence

One to one and a half years is another instance of where former cops get off with light sentences. A guy in Tracy, CA got 30 years for the same thing. One, to one and a half, versus 30 years. Wow. It sure is an advantage to be a cop and arrested for a crime, since you know you will get a slight slap on the hand and walk free after a minimum time in prison. This guy should get at least 10 years, and no less.

[elias49]

6. Agreed..too light a sentence But I bet it's going to seem a lot longer

when the rest of the prison population finds out what he's in for.

[valerief]

7. It would have been longer had he been a black cop. This is white supremacist America, after all. nt