Connecticut Meteorologist Justin Goldstein Enters Plea in Child Pornography Case

HAMDEN, CT — Suspended WTNH News 8 meteorologist Justin Goldstein, a Hamden resident, has pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges, according to the Meriden Record-Journal. He is due back in court on Jan. 6.

Goldstein, 33, was arrested July 13 by Connecticut State Police at the WTNH offices following an investigation that began in June.

Members of the Connecticut State Police Computer Crimes Unit, with the assistance of the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the Hamden Police Department, executed a search warrant at Goldstein’s home on July 13 as part of an ongoing possession-of-child-pornography investigation, state police said at the time of the arrest.

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The investigation was launched in June after video files of suspected child pornography were downloaded from the internet account assigned to Goldstein, according to police.

Goldstein wasn’t home when investigators arrived to execute the search warrant.

Authorities seized computers and computer-related equipment from the home during the search.

Examinations of the seized property were conducted at the scene, and files of suspected child pornography were located, according to police.

Police then took Goldstein into custody at his office.

Goldstein was arrested on charges of promoting a minor in an obscene performance and first-degree illegal possession of child pornography.

After the arrest was made, WTNH-TV President and General Manager Mark Higgins announced that Goldstein was suspended pending the resolution of the case.

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