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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 10, 2018

NASA Contractor Arrested For Possession Of Child

Pornography
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and filing of a
criminal complaint charging Anthony Joseph Culotta, Jr. (59, Brevard County) with possession of child
pornography. Culotta faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.

According to the criminal complaint, Culotta has been a NASA contractor since at least 2004, and worked
has with the Kennedy Space Center Launch Services Program. Between May 31 and August 7, 2018,
Culotta used his NASA-issued laptop computer to search for, view, and possess sexually explicit images of
children.

On August 7, 2018, special agents working with the NASA Office of Inspector General interviewed Culotta,
who admitted that he used his NASA computer to search for and view images that piqued his curiosity. A
search of the computer revealed over 1,000 images of child pornography, including images of known
victims previously identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation that a defendant has violated federal criminal law, and every
defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

This case was investigated by NASA Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Kennedy Space
Center. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ilianys Rivera Miranda.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by
the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by
United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and
prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more
information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Topic(s):
Project Safe Childhood

Component(s):
USAO - Florida, Middle

Updated August 10, 2018

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