PROVIDENCE, RI – A sexual predator wanted for abusing a young child in images shared on the internet was tracked to him home by federal agents who compared those photos to pictures of the home on Zillow.
The Department of Justice said Larry W. Albino, 50, was ordered detained following his initial appearance in U.S. District Court on Monday on federal charges for production of child pornography.
“According to charging documents, on September 16, 2024, a Rhode Island State Police Detective assigned to the ICAC Task Force received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an IP address, later determined by the Detective to belong to Albino’s residence, was used to upload ten files depicting the abuse of a pre-pubescent child. Further investigation revealed that that the location where the videos were recorded matched images of rooms recently displayed in an online property rental listing where Albino resides,” the DOJ said.
As related in court documents and information presented to the court, on September 17, 2024, members of the ICAC Task Force executed a court-authorized search of Albino’s residence and, it is alleged, immediately recognized that some of the furnishings of rooms inside Albino’s residence matched those depicted in the videos of child sexual abuse, and that sandals worn by the defendant at the time officers arrived matched those allegedly worn by the abuser in some of the videos.
