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New Bedford Man Charged With Giving Obscene Material to a Minor
ACUSHNET A New Bedford man was arrested Wednesday by Acushnet Police on a warrant for allegedly giving obscene material to a minor.
Acushnet Police Chief Christopher Richmond confirmed to WBSM News that Naveen Kumar, 24, of 2840 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, was arrested by Acushnet Police on February 24, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m. on a warrant issued out of Haverhill District Court for “disseminating obscene material to a minor.”
Chief Richmond said Kumar was booked at Acushnet Police headquarters and then transported that night to Ash Street Jail in New Bedford.
According to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office, Kumar was arraigned February 25 in Haverhill District Court on one count of disseminating obscene matter to a minor.
Former New Bedford Cop Sentenced for Child Porn
A former New Bedford police officer has been sentenced to six years in prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.
Paul Hodson II, 44, of Acushnet, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston. In December 2019, Hodson pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
Hodson was arrested in 2019 following an investigation into peer-to-peer file-sharing networks for the trade of child pornography. An early-morning search warrant was executed at Hodson’s home. The officer, then 42, was home with his wife and 6-year-old child, it was reported at the time.