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Norwalk Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material

Rudolph Girdhari, 36, was sentenced to 123 months in federal prison and lifetime supervised release.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 28, 2026, 11:22 a.m. ET
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Rudolph Girdhari, 36, of Norwalk, was on August 28, 2026, to 123 months of imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release for possessing child sex abuse material, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents, Girdhari was previously convicted in state court in May 2012 of possession of child pornography in the second degree. In 2022 and 2023, an FBI investigation identified an email address linked to Girdhari as being used to access two child pornography trading networks on the encrypted service Wickr. A court-authorized search of his residence on May 2, 2024, led to the seizure of electronic devices containing more than 2,000 images and videos of child sex abuse. Girdhari has been detained since May 16, 2024, and pleaded guilty on December 3, 2025. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia E. King as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood Initiative.

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