A Massachusetts man pardoned by President Donald Trump for participating in the 2021 insurrection has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after possessing more than 100,000 files of child sexual abuse material and images of animal torture.
Daniel Tocci, 31, was sentenced in Springfield to 48 months in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child sexual abuse material stemming from a 2023 search of his Amherst home, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
Prosecutors had sought a prison sentence of at least 70 months, or more than five and a half years, arguing that the large number of people victimized in his media collection, and the number of violent videos he possessed, make him “a particularly dangerous individual.”
“The requested sentence reflects the seriousness of Defendant’s crime, and the terrible toll Defendant’s crime has taken on his victims,” they said in court documents.
The media recovered from his home included more than 100,000 images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors, including children as young as 3, authorities said.
