Connecticut Man Arrested for Distributing Child Porn to Online Group

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WASHINGTON – Edward Galpin was detained yesterday pending trial on charges of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of child pornography.

Galpin, age 38, of Stratford, Connecticut, was arrested after he was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia last week. The complaint alleges that, in October of 2019, Galpin joined an online messaging group devoted to the exchange of child pornography and shared numerous sexually explicit videos of young children with the group. The complaint alleges that Galpin also had private conversations with an undercover officer working in the District of Columbia, sending the undercover officer a video of a 17-year old female family friend undressing. Galpin told the undercover that he had used a spy camera to make this recording.

The complaint further alleges that, in June, Galpin reached out to a different undercover officer, who was in a Connecticut-based teen chatroom. The undercover officer told Galpin s/he was a 14-year old female. Galpin set up a meeting with this purported 14-year old on June 25, 2020. When asked whether he had done this before, Galpin responded, “twice.” Galpin arrived at the arranged meeting place, went through a drive-through in the area, and then drove to a nearby store.

Galpin was arrested later that same day and made an initial appearance on the complaint in the District of Connecticut.

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