A 39-year-old man who sexually exploited youngsters in his house and possessed baby pornography has been sentenced to greater than 40 years in federal jail.
Pittsfield man Justin Benoit, who documented his rape and abuse of youngsters, was sentenced to 46 years in jail — adopted by 10 years of supervised launch.
Benoit shall be required to register as a intercourse offender. He was additionally ordered to pay the complete quantity of restitution requested by the victims.
In Could, Benoit pleaded responsible to 5 counts of sexual exploitation of youngsters and one depend of possession of kid pornography. He has been in custody since February of 2022. Benoit additionally has a number of associated state expenses pending in Central Berkshire District Court docket.
“This defendant’s conduct is nothing short of diabolical,” stated Massachusetts U.S. Lawyer Leah Foley. “He preyed on harmless younger youngsters, together with two who had been entrusted to his care, whom he repeatedly sexually abused. Every picture that he captured will lead to an eternity of trauma and revictimization on these youngsters.
“Furthermore, he exploited countless children he never met and did not know from the comfort of his own home through his enormous collection of child sexual abuse material. He is every parent’s worst nightmare,” Foley added. “It is our hope that this sentence brings some measure of justice to the victims in this case, and protects other children from further exploitation at his hands.”
Native legislation enforcement in November of 2021 discovered that Benoit had uploaded baby sexual abuse materials to the web.
Then throughout a search of Benoit’s residence in February of 2022, a number of digital units had been seized — which revealed lots of of kid sexual abuse materials information, in addition to photographs and movies documenting Benoit’s sexual abuse of youngsters in his house. He was taken into custody.
Benoit possessed lots of of photographs and movies of kid sexual abuse, together with information that depicted sadistic sexual abuse of youngsters as younger as infants and toddlers.
Additionally, Benoit possessed about 130 information documenting his rape and sexual exploitation of two women and one boy on a number of events between February 2021 and February 2022.
A pair of blue and white checkered boxer shorts and bedding discovered at Benoit’s residence had been equivalent to these within the information documenting the sexual abuse.
Two of the victims Benoit abused had been youthful than 12 years outdated when he produced baby sexual abuse materials of them — one in all whom was in Benoit’s care on the time of the incidents.
“What Justin Benoit admitted to is morally reprehensible,” stated Ted Docks, particular agent in control of FBI Boston. “He raped and exploited three children under his care and documented the abuse to fuel his own sadistic desires. This sentence is richly deserved and there’s no question the public is safer with Mr. Benoit behind bars, locked away where he can’t victimize anyone else’s child.”
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