New Hampshire Man Admits Producing Child Sex Abuse Images

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that that DAVID EDDY, 59, of Manchester, New Hampshire, has waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to child exploitation offenses stemming from his sexual abuse of a young girl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in September 2022, Eddy sexually abused a minor girl, who was approximately five years old, and used his cell phone to take photographs of his sexual abuse of the victim.  Analysis of Eddy’s phone revealed more than 150 child sexual abuse images and videos of the minor victim and other child victims of sexual abuse.

On September 25, 2024, Eddy pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, and one count of possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.  A sentencing date is not scheduled.

Eddy has been detained since October 2022, when he was arrested on related state charges.  The state charges are pending.

This matter is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Simsbury Police Department, with the assistance of the Manchester (N.H.) Police Department.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia King.

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 www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.