HOLDEN, Mass.- A 52-year-old Holden resident was sentenced to 2.5 years in the House of Correction after an investigation involving child sexual abuse material and offenses involving minors.
Marcelo Gomes, of Main Street in Jefferson, was investigated this summer by Holden detectives working with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, according to the Holden Police Department.
As part of the investigation, authorities searched Gomes’ home and digital devices. The searches were conducted with assistance from the Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (CEMLEC) SWAT Team, the FBI Central Massachusetts Safe Streets Task Force and the FBI Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory.
Gomes was arrested and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material, distribution of obscene materials to minors, and posing or exhibiting a child in the nude, according to the department.
Gomes pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 2.5 years in the House of Correction. He is also required to register as a sex offender.
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