Former CT Meteorologist Sentenced In Child Porn Case

HAMDEN, CT — Former WTNH News 8 meteorologist Justin Goldstein was sentenced to three years in prison in connection to his possession of child pornography arrest last summer, according to Meriden Record-Journal.

Goldstein also received 10 years of probation in Tuesday’s sentencing, according to the Record-Journal.

Goldstein, 33, of Aspen Glen Drive in Hamden, made a plea deal in January and pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of child pornography, according to state judicial records.

Goldstein was originally charged last July with promoting a minor in an obscene performance and first-degree illegal possession of child pornography. He pleaded not guilty to those charges in an earlier court appearance.

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

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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.

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.

Read more about Tuesday’s sentencing at the Meriden Record-Journal here.

File photo via Connecticut State Police

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