SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Reinaldo Gonzalez, Jr., age 32, of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on September 30, 2026, to 51 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. for accessing with intent to view child pornography. The court also ordered Gonzalez to serve a seven-year term of supervised release following his release from prison.
According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, in July 2022, Gonzalez utilized a Snapchat account to upload and view child pornography. Gonzalez’s actions generated a CyberTip which was sent from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office for further investigation. During an interview with federal law enforcement officers, Gonzalez acknowledged having a sexual attraction to children and admitted to trading child pornography with others on various internet-based platforms, including Snapchat, Kik, and Facebook. Homeland Security Investigations and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney Tatum R. Wilson prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.# # #