Randolph Man Arrested for Child Pornography Offense

BOSTON – A Randolph man has been arrested and charged for allegedly possessing and transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). 

Kesler Xavier Saget, 43, was charged with transporting child pornography and possession of child pornography. Saget was arrested yesterday and, following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, was detained pending a hearing scheduled for Aug. 12, 2024.

According to the charging documents, after landing at Boston Logan International Airport from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, CSAM was allegedly detected on Saget’s phone during a border search. Further review of the phone allegedly showed payments Saget made in exchange for access to CSAM.  

The charge of transporting child pornography provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and up to 20 years in prison, five years to life of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of possessing child pornography provides for a sentence up to 20 years in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine 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.

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.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, in New England made the announcement. Valuable assistance in the investigation was provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Sullivan of the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.

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.