NH man pleads guilty in Vt. to charges he had child porn on his computer at US-Canada border

Man pleads guilty in Vt. in border child porn case

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty to charges he had child pornography on his computer when he entered the United States from Quebec almost three years ago.

Sebastien Boucher of Derry entered the plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt. He faces 10 years in prison.

Boucher also agreed to give federal agents the password for his computer, which he had initially refused to release.

Customs officials say Boucher helped an agent at the Derby Line port of entry access the computer. But after his arrest, investigators couldn’t examine the computer because they didn’t have the password.

Computer privacy experts had been watching the case for its broad policy implications.

Sentencing is scheduled for January.