A Grove City, Pennsylvania resident has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for transporting material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. Michael William Boston, 41, received his sentence from United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand on March 5, 2026. Following his prison term, Boston will be subject to ten years of supervised release.
According to court information, Boston uploaded material showing the sexual exploitation of minors to a cloud-based server on October 25, 2022. As part of his plea agreement, he admitted responsibility for similar offenses on two other occasions in 2023 and acknowledged possessing more than 1,500 images and videos containing child sexual abuse material across seven electronic devices. The collection included images of toddler-aged and infant males as young as several months old, as well as depictions of bestiality and children who were blindfolded and tied to stationary objects.
Boston was formerly employed by an intermediate unit as a resource instructor for hearing-impaired students. His job involved traveling to schools in nine Pennsylvania counties to work with children from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade who had hearing impairments. He was also active in local community organizations and churches. Following the prosecution, Boston lost his teaching position and surrendered his teaching license.
Assistant United States Attorney Kelly M. Locher prosecuted the case.
United States Attorney Troy Rivetti stated: “United States Attorney Rivetti commended Homeland Security Investigations and the Pennsylvania State Police’s Northwest Computer Crime Unit for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Boston.”
The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The program brings together federal, state, and local resources to investigate and prosecute offenders while identifying victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
