Former New York State correctional officer going to prison for 30 years for production of child pornography

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Michael Regan, 43, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of two counts of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, and was ordered to register as a sex offender by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. Regan was a New York State Correctional Officer from 2007 until his arrest by the FBI in 2020.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who handled the case, stated that in August 2020, Regan took multiple sexually explicit photos of Minor Victim 1, an infant, using his cellular telephone. Also in August 2020, during communications over the social media application TextNow, Regan solicited, enticed, and directed a 13-year-old girl to produce sexually explicit images for him. Regan then met Minor Victim 2 to engage in sexual contact. After the sexual contact, Regan instructed Minor Victim 2 not to tell anyone, or he would come to her house. Minor Victim 2 felt threatened by Regan's statement.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction of Acting Commissioner Craig Macy, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Philip Tejera.

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