Overview
- Daniel Tocci, who pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material, was sentenced to four years Monday in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Investigators searching his devices in November 2023 found more than 100,000 files on thumb drives and over 10,000 on a laptop, along with graphic images of violence and bestiality described in a sentencing memo.
- U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni imposed 48 months in prison and five years of supervised release after prosecutors had sought a 70-month term.
- Tocci’s Capitol case was dismissed in January 2025 after President Trump’s mass pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, and the Justice Department’s release on Monday’s sentence did not note that earlier case.
- Before his September 2025 plea, Tocci’s lawyer moved to dismiss by arguing the evidence came from a pardoned probe, then withdrew the motion, reflecting DOJ’s stance that unrelated crimes uncovered in Jan. 6 investigations can still be prosecuted.