Kid porn suspect gets 15 months
By Milton Gun / New England News Service
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
BOSTON -- A Marlborough businessman's prolonged battle to clear himself of attempted receipt and possession of child pornography charges and subsequent attempts to withdraw his guilty plea concluded Monday at U.S. District Court with imposition of a lengthy jail term to be followed by a substantial term of supervised release.
Thomas Matera, a 53-year-old business professional with no previous criminal history was ordered to serve 15 months imprisonment, followed by three years probation. Federal court judge George O'Toole also ordered that Matera serve the first year of his probationary term in home confinement.
According to the judge's courtroom clerk, Matera, of 551 Sudbury St., was allowed to voluntarily surrender in late August to begin his prison term. Matera's case stems from his October 2002 response to an advertisement on an Internet Web site, placed by an undercover postal inspector posing as a purveyor of "underground movies of very young school girls."
In a series of correspondences, the purported child porno dealer warned that he needed to be very discreet with the videos "or we could both end up in a lot of trouble." According to prosecutors, Matera assured the undercover agent he would "be very discreet" and placed an order for six tapes at a cost of $20 each and mailed a $120 payment.
A package containing the requested child porno was delivered to Matera's home on Nov. 21, 2002, and, approximately 15 minutes later, a court-approved search warrant was executed. Child pornography was found on Matera's laptop computer.
Matera was on a business trip to Georgia at the time and, when informed to the home and computer search agreed to return immediately and meet with investigators.
After pleading guilty to the charges earlier this year, Matera attempted to withdraw his plea claiming that he had been misled by his attorney, government investigators and the prosecution who he claims suggested he might escape serving any prison time Judge O'Toole denied Matera's plea withdrawal bid.
WTF? 15 months imprisonment, followed by three years probation followed by the first year of his probationary term in home confinement.
This ass clow should get 20 years at least.
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