A retired Massachusetts State Police detective captain was charged Thursday with alleged possession of child pornography.
Francis Hart, 62, of Amherst, was charged with one count of dissemination of child pornography and seven counts of possession of child pornography, state attorney general Maura Healey’s office said. He will be arraigned in Hampshire High Court at a future date.
State police launched an investigation in January 2021 after receiving information from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that an email address registered to Hart had uploaded a file containing numerous images of suspected child pornography, prosecutors said. .
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A former Massachusetts State Police detective has been charged with alleged possession of child pornography.
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The investigation revealed that, in addition to possessing images, Hart sent images of alleged child pornography to another iPhone user in another state, according to Healey’s office.
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Hart was arrested in August 2021 at his Amherst home.
Prosecutors said police seized digital devices, including two desktop computers, external hard drives and an iPhone that allegedly included images of child pornography.
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An attorney for Hart could not immediately be reached for comment.
