Staff reports 9:08 a.m.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:08 am

CONCORD - A Barrington man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to production of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, between a date unknown and Sept. 19, 2018, Thomas Whitney, 39, produced visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct using a cellular telephone.

Whitney is scheduled to be sentenced in January.

"Protection of children is a high priority for the U.S. Attorney's Office," said U.S. Attorney Scott Murray. "We will continue to work closely with the FBI and all of our law enforcement partners to safeguard young people."

"Mr. Whitney is finally accepting responsibility for his heinous actions : coercing a five-year-old child into sexually explicit conduct," said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division. "The FBI will continue to do everything in its power to stop children from being exploited and bring to justice those responsible for terrorizing them."