Dorchester Man Arrested and Charged for Receipt of Child Pornography

BOSTON - A Dorchester man has been arrested and charged for allegedly receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Javier Alberto Baez Infante, 31, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of receipt of child pornography. Infante was arrested at his home on May 27, 2026 and, following an initial appearance, was ordered detained pending a hearing scheduled for June 5, 2026 in federal court in Worcester.

According to the criminal complaint, Infante was identified as a user in an online private chat group dedicated to the viewing, download and exchange of CSAM.

It is alleged that during a search of Infante's residence on May 27, 2026, approximately 30 videos depicting CSAM were located in various "download" folders on Infante's phone. It is further alleged that the videos depicted the abuse of minor victims as young as approximately two to four years old.

The charge of receipt of child pornography provides for a sentence of no less than five years and up to 20 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Jeff Grimming, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Potapchuk of the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the DOJ's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.