Massachusetts Man Pleaded Guilty to Attempted Enticement, Interstate Travel, Child Pornography Charges

PROVIDENCE - A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island today to attempted enticement, interstate travel, and child pornography charges contained in a superseding indictment.

Robert Consorti, 64, of Wilmington, MA, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., to two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity, interstate travel for the purpose of illicit sexual activity, transportation of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 13, 2026. The sentence will be determined by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors, including applicable mandatory minimum sentences.

Consorti was charged in a superseding indictment following an extended investigation that followed his arrest in October 2024 when he arrived at a Warwick hotel expecting to meet with and engage in illicit sexual contact with a fourteen-year-old girl. Unbeknownst to him at the time, Consorti was communicating with a law enforcement officer posing as the girl when he made the arrangements.

According to court documents, a review of Consorti's electronic devices uncovered evidence supporting the offenses charged in the superseding indictment.

Consorti admitted that he began communicating online with a 13-year-old, travelled interstate to meet the child for unlawful sexual activity, and took substantial steps toward carrying out that plan before his arrest prevented that meeting from occurring.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John P. McAdams.

The matter was investigated by the Rhode Island State Police ICAC Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with assistance from the East Providence Police Department, the Wilmington, MA Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police ICAC Task Force.

The ICAC Task Force is comprised of members of the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit along with detectives from the Warwick Police Department, Cranston Police Department, East Providence Police Department, Pawtucket Police Department, Portsmouth Police Department, Bristol Police Department, Middletown Police Department, and Special Agents from Homeland Security Investigations.

This case has been brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.