Gregory Conrad Puzio, 41, of Albany was sentenced Tuesday to 120 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography, capping a case that began with local charges last year before federal prosecutors took it over. A judge also ordered 15 years of supervised release once his prison term ends.
According to WNYT, Puzio admitted that in February 2025 he used a messaging application to receive child sexual abuse material, including a video showing a child being sexually abused and beaten. He pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography and, as part of his plea agreement, agreed to forfeit the phone he used to receive the material. A U.S. Department of Justice page snippet separately states that Puzio, who also goes by the name Tony G., pled guilty to receiving child pornography, though that snippet lists his age as 40, conflicting with WNYT's report that he was 41 at sentencing.
From Local Charges to Federal Custody
The case first surfaced locally in late June 2025, when authorities charged Puzio with use of a child in a sexual performance and possessing a sexual performance by a child, based on the same underlying conduct, the station's report notes. He was released on bond following those local charges.
That reprieve did not last. After a federal complaint was filed on July 8, 2025, federal agents arrested Puzio, and he did not contest federal detention while his case moved through the courts, per the same account.
Sentencing and Supervision
U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino handed down the 120-month sentence Tuesday along with the 15-year term of supervised release that follows Puzio's time in prison. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the New York State Police, with assistance from the United States Postal Service's Office of Inspector General, the report states.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua R. Rosenthal prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse, the station's report adds.
A Separate Case in the Region
The sentence comes amid other child pornography prosecutions moving through the region's federal courts. A separate U.S. Department of Justice announcement says Gregory Magin, 46, of Glenville was sentenced on Aug. 4, 2026, to 240 months for distribution and possession of child pornography, a harsher term in a case involving different charges. The available evidence does not establish a broader trend connecting the two cases.
