Staff reports 3:46 p.m.
Monday, June 29, 2020 3:46 pm

CONCORD - A 36-year-old Brentwood man pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to distributing child pornography, the U.S. Attorneys office announced today.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 21, 2017, Dropbox, a cloud-based storage service, sent a CyberTip report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children with 2,325 files of apparent child pornography images and videos loaded to an account belonging to Kyle Desroche. The account had an IP address assigned to Desroche's Brentwood residence.

On March 23, 2018, investigators executed a search warrant at Desroche's residence. During a subsequent interview, Desroche admitted using Dropbox and Kik, an online messaging application, on his iPhone and stated he may have received "young stuff" from Kik but claimed to have deleted those items.

As authorized by the search warrant, officer seized cellular phones, computer equipment, and other electronic devices. Subsequent forensic examination of those items revealed that Desroche used the Dropbox and Kik applications on his iPhone to share child pornography with like-minded collectors.

On July 11, 2018, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant for Desroche's Dropbox account. Officers identified approximately 5,942 still images and 2,092 video files of apparent child pornography. NCMEC confirmed that 1,013 still images and 317 video files were of identified child victims.

Desroche is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5.