The son of the previous state inspector common has been busted for alleged baby pornography, in accordance with the feds.
Brookline man Scott Cunha — the son of ex-IG Glenn Cunha, who at one time as a Suffolk County assistant DA prosecuted instances involving assaults of youngsters — has been charged with manufacturing of kid pornography.
Scott Cunha, 24, is charged with recruiting a 15-year-old baby to provide and ship him baby pornography.
Cunha was arrested at his residence in Brookline — the place his father is listed as an proprietor of the $1.8 million, six-bedroom residence, in accordance with the Brookline assessor’s data.
In line with the grievance, Cunha communicated over Snapchat with a number of minor youngsters between 10 and 16 years outdated from throughout the nation.
He allegedly recruited the kids to take nude pictures and movies of themselves and ship to him over Snapchat, typically in trade for the promise or precise switch of cash.
Cunha allegedly victimized youngsters in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan and Missouri by engaging them to ship baby pornography, and providing to pay them cash in trade for assembly up with him in particular person and interesting in intercourse acts with him.
“I have probable cause to believe that CUNHA and Minor 1 corresponded over Snapchat and other internet-based platforms from approximately April 2023 through approximately July 2023,” the federal affidavit reads.
“During that time, Minor 1 was a fifteen-year-old child residing in Connecticut,” the affidavit reads. “Throughout that correspondence, CUNHA – who was twenty-three years old at that time – repeatedly requested and demanded that Minor 1 send him nude photographs and videos of herself as well as videos of her masturbating, often in exchange for money or the purchasing of items for her from Amazon.com or www.shein.com.”
Cunha allegedly met up with a minimum of one lady, a 13-year-old from Massachusetts.
He allegedly despatched a rideshare automotive to choose the lady up at her Ok-8 faculty, which introduced her to the mall the place they met up for about two hours.
“Minor 3 disclosed to the FBI that at the mall that day, CUNHA went with her into changing rooms and had her try on shirts, which enabled him to see her in her bra,” the affidavit reads. “While in the changing room, CUNHA attempted to kiss Minor 3 multiple times, succeeding in kissing her on the mouth once.
“Despite her resistance, he touched her hips, side, and tried to touch her chest area while she was trying on shirts,” the affidavit reads. “This made Minor 3 uncomfortable, and she attempted to avoid his kisses and touches. Minor 3 said she then started to just ‘walk laps’ in the mall where she could remain in public.”
The feds are urging individuals who imagine they might be a sufferer of Cunha or alleged crime to name 617-748-3274.
The cost of manufacturing of kid pornography has a minimal obligatory sentence of 15 years in jail, with a most sentence of life in jail, a minimum of 5 years of supervised launch and a high-quality of as much as $250,000.
Glenn Cunha is the retired Massachusetts Inspector Normal. In 2012, he was appointed to his first five-year time period and accomplished his second time period in August 2022.
Throughout his tenure, the workplace doubled in measurement and fulfilled legislative mandates to create specialised models charged with overseeing areas of state authorities together with transportation funding, profit packages in well being and human providers, and time beyond regulation on the State Police.
Previous to his appointment as IG, Cunha labored within the Legal professional Normal’s workplace, the place he served because the Managing Legal professional of the Legal Bureau.
Earlier than that, Cunha labored within the Suffolk County District Legal professional’s Workplace as an Assistant District Legal professional. He prosecuted quite a few Superior Court docket jury trials, from violent assaults involving youngsters to firearm possession and drug distribution.
From 2022 to 2024, he served as a particular prosecutor for the Suffolk County District Legal professional.