UPDATED: Laurel Man Sentenced for 2nd Offense Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
UPDATED – 3/01/25 – A Laurel man was sentenced Friday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware for possession of child sexual abuse material. Officials say Michael Natale pleaded guilty in October of last year after he was found having online conversations with another individual on the instant messaging platform, ‘Kik,’ where they exchanged graphic videos that included the sexual abuse of the other person’s own young son. That individual was arrested and a search of her ‘Kik’ account led to the identification of Natale.
Chief Judge Colm Connolly sentenced Natale to 10 years in prison – the mandatory minimum sentence Natale must serve because he has a prior conviction in the State of Delaware for dealing in child pornography.
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ORIGINAL STORY – 11/01/24 – A Laurel, DE man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to possessing child sexual abuse material. Court documents show that between August 21st and 24th of 2021, 38 year old Michael Natale received 12 videos and one image file depicting child porn – and he sent six video files and one image of child porn to another user on the social media platform Kik.
Natale will be sentenced on February 27th, 2025. Natale has a previous conviction related to child porn offenses and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison – and a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
The other user was also arrested by the FBI in New Jersey.