Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Exploitation Offense

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that OTILIO GREEN, 44, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a child exploitation offense.

According to court documents and statements made in court, between January and March 2025, Synchronoss, a cloud storage provider for Verizon Wireless, submitted eight CyberTipline reports documenting 43 images and five videos of suspected child pornography uploaded to an account associated with Green. A subsequent court-authorized search of Green's cloud storage account revealed an additional images and videos of suspected child sex abuse material. The investigation further revealed that, for at least two years prior to his arrest on April 4, 2025, Green used the Telegram app, which he accessed through a hidden folder on his cellphone, and other online platforms to communicate with others to receive numerous sexually explicit images and videos depicting.

At the time of the offense, Green was employed as an officer with the Yale University Police Department.

Green pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.

Green, who is released on a $200,000 bond, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 26.

This investigation is being conducted by HSI New England, the Connecticut State Police, and the Connecticut Center for Digital Investigations. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy V. Gifford.

U.S. Attorney Sullivan thanked the State's Attorney's Office for the Judicial District of New Haven for its assistance in the prosecution of this case.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit https://www.cybertipline.com.