Hamden Man, Yale Cop, Arrested On Child Porn Charge: State Police

HAMDEN, CT — A Hamden man who works as a Yale police officer faces state and federal charges in connection with child exploitation offenses, according to authorities.

Otilio Green, 43, was arrested April 4 on a warrant at his place of employment following an investigation by the Connecticut State Police Computer Crimes Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force, according to Connecticut State Police.

The investigation was launched after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provided a tip regarding child sexual abuse material uploaded to a server, according to police.

Police began investigating a cell phone account on March 27 and found that five images and 42 videos “met the statutory definition of child sex abuse material,” according to the arrest warrant affidavit.

A search warrant was then obtained for all of Green’s data, and police said investigators found an additional two image files and 55 video files of suspected child sexual abuse material.

The image and video files depicted “mostly female children who appeared to be between the ages of 1 and 14 years old engaged in sexually explicit conduct,” according to the affidavit.

Green was arrested and charged with first-degree possession of child sexual abuse material. He was released after posting a $100,000 bond with a court date of April 16.

Police said that immediately after Green was released, he was taken into federal custody by Homeland Security Investigations on related federal charges.

The federal complaint charged Green with possession of child pornography, an offense that carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison, and receipt of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, according to officials.

The prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit here.

To report cases of child exploitation, visit here.