Rutland, Vermont Man Sentenced to 89 Months for Distributing and Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
A Rutland, Vermont, man has been sentenced to 89 months in federal prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced on November 9. Matthew Kielecki, 45, of Rutland, in Rutland County, Vermont, was sentenced on November 6 and will also serve a 10-year term of supervised release.
Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss imposed the sentence. Kielecki had previously pleaded guilty, on July 7, 2026, to distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material.
According to court records, in March 2025 Kielecki uploaded 23 files containing child sexual abuse material to a social media messaging platform. The material depicted the sexual assaults of children ranging in age from younger than 8 years old to younger than 12 years old. He also communicated with other social media users interested in such material, in one case suggesting that he had produced such material over the internet with a 12-year-old girl, and in another encouraging another person to view it despite that person's stated reluctance.
When law enforcement executed a search warrant at Kielecki's home in September 2025, they recovered psilocybin mushrooms, 30 marijuana plants in various stages of growth, and 20 firearms, two of which were loaded. Evidence from his phone suggested that he was engaged in distributing marijuana in violation of both federal and state law, and officers also found additional child sexual abuse material on his cellphone.
First Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan A. Ophardt commended the investigative efforts of Homeland Security Investigations, the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Rutland City Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant United States Attorney Corinne Smith prosecuted the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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