New Ipswich man pleads guilty to federal child pornography charges
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Published: 4/14/2021 2:58:22 PM
A New Ipswich man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced Wednesday afternoon.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about November 28, 2018, Christopher Hodgeman, 29, of New Ipswich began communicating with an undercover officer on a social media platform used to exchange child pornograph, the U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote in a press release. The officer pretended to be an uncle with a nine-year-old niece. Hodgeman repeatedly asked the officer to send him pictures of his niece and allow him to talk to her. Hodgeman sent i