Hamden's Ex-Yale Officer Otilio Green Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography

A former Yale University Police Department officer from Hamden pleaded guilty last month to a federal child pornography charge, admitting to receiving sexually explicit images and videos of minors over a period spanning at least two years.

Otilio Green, 44, entered his guilty plea on February 27, 2026, in U.S. District Court in New Haven, admitting to one count of receipt of child pornography. A federal judge sentenced Green to be released on a $200,000 bond pending his sentencing, which is scheduled for May 26, 2026.

The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a maximum of 20 years.

Hamden Man's Arrest Traced to Cloud Storage Tip

The investigation began in early 2025 when Synchronoss, a cloud storage provider for Verizon Wireless, identified suspicious content and submitted eight CyberTipline reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Those reports documented 43 images and five videos of suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded to an account linked to Green.

NCMEC forwarded the tips to law enforcement, triggering a forensic investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Federal investigators obtained a search warrant, and an examination of Green's devices confirmed the material and revealed the extent of his activity.

Green was arrested on April 4, 2025. At the time, he was still employed as an officer with the Yale University Police Department. Yale has not issued a public statement regarding Green's employment status or termination following the charges.

Investigators Found Years of Activity on Telegram and Other Platforms

Court records show Green had been obtaining child sexual abuse material for at least two years before his arrest — dating back to at least April 2023. He used the Telegram messaging app through a hidden folder on his cellphone as one of his primary methods to receive the illegal content, and also used other online platforms to communicate with others and acquire the material.

Telegram, an encrypted messaging platform with hundreds of millions of users worldwide, has faced scrutiny from law enforcement agencies in multiple countries for its use in distributing child exploitation material. Federal investigators have increasingly worked with technology companies to identify and report accounts engaged in such activity.

Case Part of DOJ's Project Safe Childhood Initiative

The investigation was conducted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Department of Justice initiative established in 2006 to combat the proliferation of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The program coordinates investigations across federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and leverages partnerships with technology companies and NCMEC to identify offenders.

Synchronoss's reporting in this case illustrates the increasing role that cloud storage providers play in detecting and flagging child sexual abuse material under the federal REPORT Act, which requires electronic service providers to submit CyberTipline reports to NCMEC when they become aware of such content.

What Happens at Sentencing

At his May 26 sentencing in New Haven federal court, Green faces a guideline range to be determined by the judge based on factors including the volume of material, whether he distributed content, and his criminal history. Federal child exploitation sentences are served without the possibility of parole.

The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut. As of March 2026, no sentencing memoranda or victim impact statements have been filed publicly in the case docket.

Green will also be subject to mandatory sex offender registration upon release and could face additional supervised release conditions imposed by the court.

Yale University Police Department

The Yale University Police Department is a fully sworn law enforcement agency with jurisdiction on and around the Yale campus in New Haven. Officers carry the same powers of arrest as municipal police in Connecticut.

Yale has not commented publicly on how long Green was employed with the department, whether any internal investigations were conducted, or when his employment ended following his April 2025 arrest.

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