Child Pornographer Behind Bars
Michael Eisenberg (DOB 5/7/86) of 1 Park Avenue, Eastchester, pled guilty to promotion and possession of child pornography.
On February 4, 2015 investigators from the District Attorney’s office received a Cyber Tip Report from the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force. They traced the computer’s IP Address to a location in Westchester County where images containing child pornography had been downloaded.
Among the images downloaded were prepubescent girls in various stages of undress with adult males also not wearing any clothing.
On February 12, 2015 investigators from the DA’s office along with members of the Eastchester Police Department executed a search warrant on the defendant’s apartment where they uncovered 17 thumb drives containing child pornography, the defendant’s current cellphone containing child pornography, two laptops containing child pornography, and three external hard drives of which two contained child pornography.
In total over 7,000 images were discovered. Eisenberg was placed under arrest by investigators from the District Attorney’s Office. He is currently remanded to the Westchester County Jail. Sentencing for Eisenberg will be on September 8, 2015.
As the defendant has a previous felony conviction, he faces an enhanced sentence of which the maximum is seven years in state prison.
