20-Year Prison Sentence For Glenville Man In Child Sex Abuse Image Case
Gregory Magin, 46, of Glenville was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, CBS6 Albany reported.
A Glenville man will spend the next two decades in federal prison after admitting he encouraged the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old child and passed videos of it to other men online.
Gregory Magin, 46, of Glenville, was sentenced on August 4, 2026, to 20 years in federal prison, CBS6 Albany reported. He had pleaded guilty five months earlier, on March 2, 2026, to one count each of distribution and possession of child pornography.
What Magin Admitted
The conduct dates to July 2024. As part of his plea, Magin admitted he used an internet-based messaging application to encourage another user, someone who was actively sexually abusing a 14-year-old child, to produce multiple videos of that abuse, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York. Once he had one of those videos, he used the same app to send it on to another user.
It did not stop there. During that same month, prosecutors said, Magin held roughly 14 child pornography videos and distributed them to other users of the application. One of them showed the sexual abuse of a prepubescent child.
“Words Cannot Describe the Horror”
First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, announcing the sentence, said the damage outlasts the crime itself. “Words cannot describe the horror that child victims endure at the hands of people like Gregory Magin,” he said. “That nightmare does not end when the abuse stops but sticks with these children for the rest of their lives.”
Magin, he added, “will have 20 years in prison to think about the pain that he has caused to these children.” He thanked the federal, state and local partners who “investigated this case and uncovered Magin’s crimes.”
Craig Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albany Division, said Magin’s actions were “horrifying,” and “exactly why he’s going to federal prison for two decades.” He turned to the children in the videos: their abuse, he said, was “not just encouraged by this monster but perpetuated through his distribution.”
New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James framed the sentence as a warning. “Anyone who engages in any type of predatory acts against children should understand that such crimes will not be tolerated,” he said, crediting evidence gathered by troopers and their law enforcement partners for the outcome.
20 Years, Then 15 Years of Supervision
Beyond the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Mae A. D’Agostino imposed 15 years of supervised release, a $40,000 fine, special assessments and forfeiture, and directed restitution to the victims. CBS6 did not specify the restitution amount. Magin will also be required to register as a sex offender upon his release.
Who Worked the Case
The FBI investigated with assistance from the Colonie Police Department and the New York State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney A.J. Vickey prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Justice Department’s national initiative against child sexual exploitation.
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