Police Make 5 Arrests During Operation Broken Heart 2

State police have arrested five people during a two-month nationwide investigation targeting suspected child predators.

The coordinated investigation, called “Operation Broken Heart 2,” is the work of 61 task forces across the United States in April and May.

On Friday, Connecticut state police released information on five arrests made here.

State police arrested Casey Sotelo, 28, of Danbury, after a police investigation into someone sending an inappropriate image to a juvenile via Kik messenger over a cell phone.

Police said Sotelo sent the victim adult male pornographic images on her phone. Officers obtained a search warrant and determined that Sotelo had been sending pornographic images to people through chat apps.

He was arrested and charged with risk of injury, impairing the morals of a minor and obscenity.
He is due back in court on June 19.

Giovanni Gzepi Gonzalez, 25, of Danbury, was arrested on May 12 and charged with first-degree possession of child pornography and promoting a minor in an obscene performance. He is due back in court June 23.

Paolo Sassano, 57, of Milford, turned himself in to police on May 18 after a state police investigation into the sharing of child pornography over the Internet that started in October. Police searched his home on Dec. 14 and identified him as a suspect.

Sassano turned himself in to police on May 18 and was charged with promoting a minor in an obscene performance and first-degree illegal possession of child pornography. He is due back in court on June 1.

Thomas John Schall, 30, of Ellington, was arrested after an investigation into the dissemination of child porn. Police said he is suspected of uploading child porn to an Internet storage cloud.

He was charged with possession of child pornography and obscenity and is due in court on June 15.

Matthew Zadrozny, 27, of West Haven, turned himself in to police on May 1 after an investigation into the sharing of child pornography over the Internet. Police said they searched his home on March 4 and found files of suspected child pornography.

He was charged with first-degree illegal possession of child pornography and promoting a minor in an obscene performance.

He is due in court on June 5.
 

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