Newtown man videotaped sexual abuse of children

Bridgeport, Conn. (WTNH) - A       pornography carries a maximum
federal grand jury sitting in      term of imprisonment of 10
Bridgeport returned an             years. Csanadi has been
indictment Tuesday, charging       detained in state custody
a Newtown man with three           since April 15, 2011. U.S.
counts of production of child      Attorney Fein stressed that
pornography and one count of       an indictment is not evidence
possession of child                of guilt. Charges are only
pornography. The indictment        allegations, and each
alleges that, between 2006         defendant is presumed
and 2009, 35-year-old David        innocent unless and until
Csanadi sexually abused three      proven guilty beyond a
female children, videotaped        reasonable doubt. This matter
the abuse and maintained the       is being investigated by the
tapes at his home in Newtown.      Federal Bureau of
The first victim was 18            Investigation, the
months old and the second was      Connecticut Computer Crimes
4 1/2 at the time of the           Task Force, the Newtown
abuse. The third victim has        Police Department and the
not yet been identified. In        Monroe Police Department.
addition to filming and            This case is being prosecuted
maintaining video tapes of         by Special Assistant United
the sexual abuse, prosecutors      States Attorney Neeraj Patel
say that Csanadi downloaded        and Assistant United States
from the Internet and              Attorney Krishna Patel as
obtained other images and          part of the U.S. Department
videos of child pornography        of Justice's Project Safe
on his home computer. If           Childhood Initiative, and the
convicted of the charge of         District of Connecticut's
production of child                "Operation Constant Vigilance,
pornography, Csanadi faces a       " which are aimed at
mandatory minimum term of          protecting children from
imprisonment of 15 years and       sexual abuse and exploitation.
a maximum term of                  For more information about
imprisonment of 30 years on        Project Safe Childhood,
each count. The charge of          please visit  www.
possession of child                projectsafechildhood.gov.     

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