Salisbury Man Sentenced to Additional 25 Years for Child Porn
SALISBURY, Md. – A Salisbury man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for six counts of possessing child pornography.
On Sept. 26, 33-year-old Sean Peterson was sentenced in Wicomico County Circuit Court after previously pleading guilty on July 14. Peterson was already serving a 25 year sentence relating to these charges after being convicted in Calvert County. Following his sentences, Peterson will be subject to Lifetime Sexual Offender Supervision and will be required to register as a Title I sexual offender.
In Feb. 2024, Peterson was found to have been in possession of a USB drive containing pornographic images of three separate children. Through the investigation conducted by the Wicomico County Child Advocacy Center, detectives were able to identify the children and determine that Peterson had produced the images when he resided in Calvert County, where he had access to the children. He received a sentence of 25 years of active incarceration, with 60 years suspended, for these charges.
During the investigation, other electronic devices were seized from Peterson, and a vast amount of child pornography downloaded from the internet was located in his possession. The possession charges were filed in Wicomico County, and the 25-year sentence he received was imposed consecutively to his Calvert County sentence. As a result of the dual prosecution, Peterson will serve 50 years of active incarceration for his crimes.
“Those who do harm to children will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said State’s Attorney (SA) Jamie Dykes in a statement. “I am grateful for the diligent efforts of law enforcement which made possible the identification of the children exploited by this Defendant and permitted authorities to successfully prosecute the man who perpetrated these crimes against the victims.”
SA Jamie L. Dykes commended Detective G. Wells of the Salisbury Police Department for his work as lead investigator in this case, as well as Senior Assistant SA Michael Calabrese, who prosecuted the case and advocated for justice.
