District of New Hampshire | Newbury Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Abuse Material

CONCORD – A Newbury man was convicted in federal court today of distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced.

Marc Jacques, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro to 60 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release. The defendant was ordered to pay $26,500 in restitution. On March 18, 2024, Jacques pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography.

Between 2018 and 2022, Jacques’ IP address was reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in connection with at least 40 CyberTips related to the online sexual exploitation of children. Between November 24 and December 6, 2021, Jacques uploaded 49 files purporting to contain child sexual abuse to the social media platform Kik. In June 2022, law enforcement executed a federal search warrant on Jacques’ residence and person. Forensic examination of Jacques’ electronic devices revealed the presence of over 200 files purporting to contain child sexual abuse (CSAM) content and chats between Jacques and others relating to the sexual exploitation of children and the sharing of CSAM. In at least one chat conversation, Jacques sent videos of CSAM to others.

“Survivors of child sexual abuse material suffer revictimization and live in fear every day that their abuse will be shared online,” said U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. “Law enforcement in the District of New Hampshire will continue to use all available resources to disrupt the distribution of CSAM and to incarcerate offenders convicted of these heinous crimes.”

“The defendant’s online behavior was repeatedly flagged by systems designed to detect predators sharing child abuse material. Today’s sentence is the result of the private sector’s collaboration and the dedicated work of law enforcement who work together every day to see justice for the children victimized by these horrific images,” said Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Krol of Homeland Security Investigations in New England.

Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation. Valuable assistance was provided by the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), the Nashua Police Department, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kasey Weiland is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Department of Justice’s Child Abuse and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to investigate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

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