Press Release  Granby Man Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Jail in Connection with Possessing Child Pornography

Northhampton — A Granby man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to two and a half years in jail in connection with possessing child pornography, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.

Sean W. Scully, age 46, pleaded guilty today to one count of Possession of Child Pornography in Hampshire Superior Court. Following the plea, Judge Richard Carey sentenced Scully to two and a half years in the House of Correction with two years to serve, followed by five years of probation with the conditions that he register as a sex offender, refrain from consuming drugs and alcohol, provide a DNA sample, disclose all online accounts and provide passwords to the Department of Probation, have no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18, and meet with a counselor on a weekly basis.

Scully was arrested in July 2016 by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the AG’s Office and Granby Police. The AG’s Office recommended a sentence of three to five years in state prison.

State Police assigned to the AG’s Office began an investigation in April 2016 after receiving information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NMEC) about pornographic images of children that were uploaded to a device using a cellphone linked to Scully.

On July 26, 2016, State Police obtained and executed a search warrant authorizing the search of all computers, phones, tablets and storage devices found in Scully’s Granby residence.  Subsequent investigation of the devices seized revealed alleged images of child pornography.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Vasiliades, of AG Healey’s Western Mass. Regional Office. It was investigated by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Attorney General’s Office, investigators from the AG’s Digital Evidence Lab, with assistance from Granby police.

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