An Amherst man, Bradley Driscoll, has been sentenced to five years in prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The sentencing took place in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, with U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni presiding over the case. Following his prison term, Driscoll will be subject to five years of supervised release and is required to pay $25,000 in restitution to the victims.
In February 2025, Driscoll entered a guilty plea to charges including one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. His indictment by a federal grand jury occurred in October 2023.
The offenses date back to August 29, 2022, when Driscoll engaged in a conversation on Kik messenger with an undercover agent. During this exchange, he expressed interest in obtaining CSAM materials and distributed a link containing approximately 345 files depicting minors being sexually abused by adults.
By September 2023, Driscoll admitted ownership of the Kik username used during these exchanges and confirmed that he found the link through other chat groups on the platform. He acknowledged requesting CSAM from the undercover agent and was aware that the shared link contained inappropriate content involving children.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Kimberly Milka, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Boston Division; and Chief Gabriel Ting of the Amherst Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus from the Major Crimes Unit led the prosecution.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse across the nation. The project brings together resources from various levels of government to locate offenders and rescue victims.
For further details about Project Safe Childhood, visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.