Police: Kunkletown man had 3,000 child porn images

A Kunkletown man has been charged after police found more than 3,000 child pornography images on his computer..

A criminal complaint filed by Trooper Anthony Reppert of the state police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Special Investigation Division, Southeast Computer Crime Task Force, charges Joseph Frank Corigliano, 34, of the 2000 block of Point Phillips Road, with felony counts of sexual abuse of children, dissemination of photographs, videotapes, computer depictions and films and criminal use of a communication facility.

Reppert said in an affidavit of probable cause filed in the office of Magisterial District Judge Coleen Mancuso, Brodheadsville, that the offenses took place between May 11 and July 17, 2018, at Corigliano’s residence.

The investigator said he was conducting an online internet investigation on May 11, using a Peer to Peer file sharing program, when he identified numerous files depicting child pornography that were depicted from a computer used by Corigliano. Through an administrative subpoena served on PenTeleData, he said he confirmed Corigliano to be the subscriber of the IP address that was used to obtain the pornography.

Reppert said police executed a search warrant at the residence on July 17, seizing four items from the residence that were sent to authorities for a forensic examinati9on.

On July 31, Reppert said he interviewed the defendant, when Corigliano acknowledged using the file sharing software and saying he could not recall anyone else other than him using the computer.

In the affidavit filed Jan. 29, the investigator said that software included 56 complete files and 73 partial files depicting child pornography that Corigliano’s computer was accessing.

Included in the seized equipment were two hard drives, one containing 89 picture files of child pornography and the other containing 69 video files and 3,249 picture files. Also seized were a laptop, seven other picture files and three other video files.

In the pornography, the files depict children ranging from 1-11 years of age. Some of the files show male and female children nude, they exploit body parts, and show children performing sexual acts on adult men, Reppert’s affidavit states.

He posted $10,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 22 at district magistrate’s Colleen Mancuso’s office.