Indictment Charges Naugatuck Man With Producing, Possessing Child Pornography: Feds

NAUGATUCK, CT — A Naugatuck man accused of demanding sexually explicit images and videos from an 8-year-old was charged this week on an indictment with a number of child exploitation offenses, according to an announcement from David Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

In a news release Thursday, Sullivan said a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned a 15-count indictment charging Sean Sayer, 22, of Naugatuck, with 12 counts of production of child pornography, one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, an eight-year-old boy in Oregon texted Sayer on March 20 and asked him if he was "@fornight_legends" on TikTok.

Sayer responded affirmatively and, over the next three days, exchanged more than 1,300 messages with the boy "in which Sayer repeatedly and aggressively demanded sexually explicit images and videos of the minor victim in exchange for playing Fortnite with him online."

According to Sullivan, the child sent Sayer "at least 15 videos constituting child sexual abuse material or child pornography."

Sayer was arrested in June.

"It is alleged that a forensic review of Sayer’s cellphone has screenshots of Snapchat conversations Sayer had with numerous additional minor victims who Sayer coerced or enticed to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves," the release from Sullivan reads. "To date, investigators have identified approximately 89 separate minor victims."

According to Sullivan, electronic devices seized from Sayer revealed more than 5,000 videos and 1,000 images containing child sexual abuse material.

Sayer, who is currently released on a $150,000 bond, is under location monitoring by the U.S. Probation Office and is prohibited from accessing the internet and communicating or having contact with minors.