Commack Man Sentenced to Upstate Prison Term for Possessing Child Pornography

Sineno possessed 53 sexually explicit pictures and 10 videos of child pornography; gets up to 7 years

MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a 23-year-old Commack man has been sentenced to two-and-a-third to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing DVDs containing sexually explicit videos and images of children as young as three-years-old.

Richard Sineno pleaded guilty in September to two counts of felony Possession of a Sexual Performance of a Child, the top counts against him.

Rice said that Sineno was arrested on October 19, 2007 after his roommate and fellow classmate at the New York Institute of Technology inadvertently discovered child porn on two DVDs in the Glen Cove apartment they shared at the time. The roommate turned the DVD over to Glen Cove police who contacted the DA’s office and obtained a search warrant for Sineno’s apartment.

Authorities recovered 53 sexually explicit photos and 10 sexually explicit videos in Sineno’s apartment.

“Thanks to the expert work of my office’s Technology Crimes Unit and the Glen Cove Police Department, this online predator is in prison where he belongs,” Rice said. “This defendant was especially sophisticated in his ability to encrypt and conceal his online activity from state and federal law enforcement, which makes him especially dangerous to our community.”

Deputy Bureau Chief Anne Donnelly of the Economic Crimes Bureau and ADA Guido Gabriele of the Technology Crimes Unit handled the case for the DA’s Office. Sineno is represented by David Besso, Esq.