United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut
03/12/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/12/2026 11:44
West Haven Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Sex Abuse Material through Telegram App
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADAM C. SALGADO, JR., 32, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment and seven years of supervised release for receiving and possessing child sex abused material.
According to court documents and statements made in court, a cloud-based storage company that provides services for wireless customers made multiple CyberTipline reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ("NCMEC") that a user, identified as Salgado, had videos of child sexual abuse stored on the account. Subsequent investigation revealed that Salgado had a history of downloading and deleting the encrypted messaging app Telegram, which he used to connect with others who traded in child sex abuse material and to view and download hundreds of child sex abuse images and videos.
Salgado was arrested on June 5, 2024, in Texas where he was serving in the U.S. Army. On November 10, 2025, he pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography.
Salgado, who is released on a $100,000 bond, is required to report to prison on April 16.
This matter was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the assistance of the Middletown Police Department and the Army Criminal Investigation Division. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel George.
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.
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