{"id":62877,"date":"2025-03-20T21:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=62877"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:11:43","slug":"wny-batavia-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-production-of-child-pornography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/wny-batavia-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-production-of-child-pornography\/","title":{"rendered":"WNY\/Batavia man sentenced to 20 years in prison for production of child pornography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"27215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/08\/05\/genesee-county-long-term-substitute-teacher-formerly-with-dansville-schools-facing-a-new-charge-in-batavia\/hagen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HAGEN.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"HAGEN\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HAGEN.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HAGEN.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HAGEN.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HAGEN.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HAGEN.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Derek Hagen, 33, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison and 15 years of supervised by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle P. Rossi, who handled the case, stated that between January 2018, and July 21, 2021, Hagen engaged in a pattern of prohibited sexual conduct with Victim 1, a minor between the ages of 4 and 8, during which Hagen photographed and videoed himself subjecting Victim 1 to sexual contact. Hagen then distributed the images of Victim 1 to other individuals over the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, between May 2018, and July 19, 2018, Hagen was employed as an Assistant Teacher at the Brockport Childhood Development Center in the infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms. During this time, he produced and possessed sexually explicit images of children entrusted to his care. The children ranged in age from six months to five years. Hagen produced these images while changing diapers and assisting children who were learning to use the bathroom. Hagen distributed the images of these children to other individuals over the internet. Hagen also possessed approximately 50,000 images and videos of child pornography that he received from others via the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the New York State Police, under the direction of Major Kevin Sucher, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Erin Keegan, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/07\/wny-former-dansville-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges\/\">WNY\/Former Dansville teacher pleads guilty to child pornography charges \u2013 Video News Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/08\/05\/genesee-county-long-term-substitute-teacher-formerly-with-dansville-schools-facing-a-new-charge-in-batavia\/\">GENESEE COUNTY\/Long term substitute teacher formerly with Dansville Schools facing a new charge in Batavia \u2013 Video News Service<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Derek Hagen, 33, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison and 15 years of supervised by Chief U.S. District Judge \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/wny-batavia-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-production-of-child-pornography\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[919],"tags":[2859,4170],"class_list":["post-62877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wny","tag-derek-hagen","tag-sentenced"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-gm9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35843,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/07\/wny-former-dansville-teacher-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges\/","url_meta":{"origin":62877,"position":0},"title":"WNY\/Former Dansville teacher pleads guilty to child pornography charges","author":"aka","date":"September 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. 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