An area Stage 3 intercourse offender who was beforehand convicted of indecent assault and battery on a baby has been sentenced to a decade in jail for baby pornography.
Cape man Jonathan Fleischmann, 37, has been sentenced by a Boston federal choose to 10 years in jail, adopted by 5 years of supervised launch. Fleischmann final 12 months pleaded responsible to 1 depend of possession of kid pornography.
The Harwich man is a Stage 3 intercourse offender because of prior convictions in Barnstable District Court docket of indecent assault and battery on a baby underneath 14 in 2006 — in addition to open and gross lewdness and possession of kid pornography in 2017 for masturbating to baby sexual abuse materials in a Honey Dew Donuts parking zone.
Then in 2020, Fleischmann was charged in Barnstable Superior Court docket with house invasion, armed kidnapping and assault to rape for invading a Yarmouth house and forcibly taking a 16-year-old feminine at gunpoint into her home as she arrived house from faculty.
That investigation additionally revealed that Fleishmann had accessed a darkish net hidden service on his cellphone devoted to the trafficking of kid pornography. He was later launched in April 2021 on circumstances together with money bail and GPS monitoring.
Fleischmann is prohibited from possessing digital units because of his prior convictions.
“Despite his prior predatory behavior and the fact that he was already facing serious charges in state court – charges that involved ambushing and attempting to kidnap a young girl at gunpoint outside her home – this defendant continued to demonstrate a complete disregard for the safety and well-being of children by downloading hundreds of atrocious CSAM from the dark web,” mentioned Massachusetts U.S. Legal professional Leah Foley.
“Each image and video he viewed or shared re-victimized the real, vulnerable children depicted in them,” Foley added. “These crimes do not exist in a vacuum; they cause significant harm to the children and families affected.”
Legislation enforcement in March of 2023 was alerted that Fleischmann was downloading suspected baby sexual abuse materials media information onto a cellphone whereas at work in Brewster.
Because the cellphone was left open and charging on a counter, Fleischmann’s co-workers noticed media information within the strategy of downloading, with file names that had been in keeping with baby pornography.
When approached by regulation enforcement at his residence later that day, Fleishmann initially denied proudly owning the cellphone however finally agreed to get it – retrieving it from a hidden spot beneath a rest room sink.
A search of the cellphone revealed about 255 picture information and 55 video information depicting baby pornography – together with information portraying baby rape, sadistic or masochistic conduct and the abuse of infants or toddlers.
“Over and over, Fleischman committed deeply disturbing sex crimes aimed at children,” mentioned Homeland Safety Investigations New England Particular Agent in Cost Michael Krol. “For years, he has been a threat to the community but after today’s sentence, he will be off the streets for a decade.
“Child sexual abuse material immortalizes the abuse of a child and those who download, trade, and possess CSAM are perpetuating the trauma those children experienced,” Krol added. “We are committed to protecting kids and seeking justice for those victimized through child exploitation.”
Fleischmann has remained in federal custody since his 2023 arrest on this case.
Final Could, Fleischmann was sentenced to 12 years in state jail in reference to the Yarmouth house invasion.
Following Monday’s listening to, he was launched into state custody to serve the 12-year state sentence, which is able to run concurrently with the federal sentence.
