Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced the indictments of eleven men and one woman, including Mastic Beach resident Keith Kenny, 35, of Orchid Drive, on charges of promoting and possessing child pornography.
In each case, detectives found the defendants used the file-sharing software KaZaA to download videos or images from other KaZaA users' computers. A Suffolk County grand jury considered the evidence gathered from the forensic analysis and retrieval of pornographic images and file information from the hard drives and storage devices confiscated during search warrants issued by Spota's office. The twelve indictments list a total of 174 charges of either possessing child pornography, an "E" felony punishable by up to four years in prison and promoting child porn, a "D" felony that carries a prison term of two and a third to seven years.
Kenny was charged with 12 counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child and four counts of promoting sexual performance by a child. Kenny could not be reached for comment.
