Oswego County Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography

Oswego County Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography

UTICA, NEW YORK - Robert J. Stachura, age 56, of, Oswego, New York, pled guilty on June 10, 2026, to receipt of child pornography. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.

In June 2015, after pleading guilty in the Northern District of New York to using the internet to attempt to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual contact with him and possessing child pornography, Stachura was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of 135 months in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Stachura's term of supervised release began in December 2023. In March 2025, Stachura admitted to the United States Probation Office to possessing an unreported internet-capable cellular phone, in violation of his conditions of release. The phone was found to contain videos and images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

"This repeat offender has once again been brought to justice thanks to the relentless efforts of the FBI's Special Agents," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney John Sarcone. "After his release, the defendant chose to continue engaging in this abhorrent conduct, showing a complete disregard for the law and a disturbing willingness to reoffend. He now faces up to 40 years in federal prison. My office, working alongside our partners at the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, will aggressively pursue anyone involved in this behavior. We will not hesitate to bring charges, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that individuals who threaten our communities are removed from our streets."

"Mr. Stachura was barely out of federal prison before falling back into his sickening cycle of behavior. As he heads back to federal prison for up to 40 years, the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force will continue to prioritize aggressively investigating these depraved individuals who are harming our children," said Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

As part of his June 2026 guilty plea, Stachura admitted that in March 2025, he received 8 videos and 2 images of CSAM. The receipt charge carries a mandatory minimum term of 15 years in federal prison and maximum sentence of 40 years. Stachura also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life. Stachura is already a registered sex offender based on his 2015 convictions and will have to continue his registration requirements upon his release from prison. A defendant's sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statutes the defendant is convicted of violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

Sentencing is currently scheduled for October 14, 2026, in Utica, New York before Senior United States District Judge David N. Hurd.

This case was investigated by the FBI's Albany Division Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, the New York State Police, and the United States Probation Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney A.J. Vickey is prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood.

Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.