Waltham Police Cop Paul Manganelli is facing charges for
allegedly sending and receiving child porn.
An investigation in Australia is what eventually led
authorities to arrest Waltham Police Cop Paul Manganelli on child pornography charges,
according to federal court documents.
Manganelli, 46, of Waltham, is facing charges for allegedly
sending and receiving child porn through his Yahoo email account. Manganelli, a
20-year veteran of the police department, is on paid administrative leave. He
is scheduled for a detention hearing on March 28 at the federal courthouse in
Boston.
AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION
In February 2012, Queensland Police in Australia arrested a
suspect for allegedly using his email account to distribute child pornography,
according to the documents. Queensland Police later obtained the suspect’s
email records, which showed 111 U.S. based accounts had been in communication
with his.
Back in the United States, FBI agents examined emails from
those accounts and honed in on two email addresses, including one
investigations said Manganelli used.
• Dec. 30,
2011: In an email, Manganelli tells a correspondent he touched a girl he was
“wrestling” with in appropriate areas.
• March 3,
2012: A Yahoo user sent Manganelli 25 inappropriate images. Manganelli
responded, “Thank you! Thank you!”
• Oct. 18,
2012: Manganelli told an email correspondent he liked girls ages 7 - 11.
• Nov. 9 –
12, 2012: Manganelli received additional images from a Hotmail user in the
Netherlands. Manganelli told that user, “I admit it. I am addicted.”
• Nov. 10,
2012: “I love the girls ages 7 to 11 or so...Just beautiful! I have no real
legitamite [sic] collection organized. Only the few pics that other people have
sent me. I am trying to build a library so I will have stuff when people ask,”
Manganelli told an email correspondent.
• Jan. 1,
2013: Manganelli sent four inappropriate videos (two of the same videos twice)
to two different addresses.
• Jan. 14,
2013: FBI agents searched Manganelli’s emails and found several child porn
exchanges.
• March 5,
2013: FBI agents conducted a survey to locate any unsecured wireless networks
near his Waltham home. However, agents did not find any within a one-block
radius.
• March 25,
2013: FBI agents raided Manganelli’s home and searched for child porn on his
computers. Manganelli admitted sending and receiving some images and identified
several of them for investigators. He also told agents he was the only person
with access to his email account.
• March 25,
2013: Manganelli claimed he was conducting research to catch pedophiles trading
child porn online, however Waltham Police never assigned him to such an
investigation.