Concord man sentenced to 78 month in prison

CONCORD — Marc Pulsifer, 45, of Concord, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for the federal charge of transportation of child pornography.

According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement officers learned that Google had detected potential child exploitation materials on Google Photos accounts with an IP address that resolved to Concord, New Hampshire, at various times in 2020.

Through their investigation, officers determined that Pulsifer had uploaded child sexual abuse images and child images to Google Photos from his apartment in Concord.

On June 3, 2021, law enforcement executed a search warrant at the defendant’s apartment where they discovered child sexual abuse images actively displayed on various electronic media, including two large-screen televisions.

Based on the forensic review of electronic media seized from the defendant’s residence, investigators confirmed that the defendant possessed thousands of child sexual abuse images and videos, which he organized in designated folders with descriptive names and stored across multiple devices.

Police say he maintained multiple backup digital copies and he used cloud storage services to store and stream these images on his televisions and other electronic media.

Pulsifer previously pleaded guilty on October 5, 2022.

In addition to the prison sentence, Pulsifer must spend five years on supervised release, pay $9,000 in restitution.