BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Mark Nash, 34, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum of 30 years.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan P. Cantil, who is handling the case, stated that on April 4, 2023, the Buffalo Police Department received a report that Nash had nude images of a minor victim on his phone and that he had allegedly sexually abused the girl. A search warrant executed on Nash’s phone recovered over 200 sexually explicit images of the minor victim.
Nash is currently on probation following a 2022 conviction in Erie County Court for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree.
Nash made an initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy and is being held pending a detention hearing on June 29, 2023.
The complaint is the result of an investigation by the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction of Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia and Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Scarpino.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys