Milford Coach Gets Prison For Child Porn: Report

MILFORD, NH — A former Milford softball coached on Thursday was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to persuading a girl he coached to send him nude photos. Trevor Palladino, 29, was also sentenced to five years supervised release during a hearing in federal court in Concord, according to WMUR. The victim was 14 years old, the news station reported.

In August, Palladino pleaded guilty to child pornography possession.

"(Palladino) used Instagram to communicate with a minor victim who was previously on a softball team that he coached," U.S. Attorney Scott Murray said in a statement over the summer. "During some of the communications, the defendant requested that the minor victim send him sexually explicit photographs of herself. She did so. In turn, the defendant sent the minor victim sexually explicit photographs of himself."

Police obtained a warrant for his arrest and officers said they found the sexually explicit photos on Palladino's phone.

"Protecting the innocence of children is one of the most important jobs of the law enforcement community," Murray added. "Because of the harm that these crimes cause to their youthful victims, we will aggressively investigate and prosecute those who are engaged in child pornography offenses."

The New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Task Force — a collection of local, state and federal police agencies — helped investigate the case.

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