(WNY News Now) – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a Salamanca man who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 276 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

Salamanca – Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Rudroff, who handled the case, stated that in April 2020, the New York State Police began investigating Robert Calkins, Jr., 38, after receiving dozens of reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children referencing Calkins as possessing suspected child pornography within his Google accounts.

In September 2020, State Police investigators executed a search warrant at Calkins’ E. Jefferson Street residence in Salamanca, seizing four cell phones and an SD card. A forensic analysis conducted by Homeland Security Investigations recovered thousands of images and videos of child pornography, including several images that Calkins produced using a minor victim.