Gregory Conrad Puzio

Introduction

Gregory Conrad Puzio, also known by the alias “Tony G.”, is a 41-year-old man from Albany, New York, who was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography . The sentence was imposed on 10 November 2026 by US District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino, who also added a 15-year term of supervised release to follow his release from prison and ordered him to forfeit the phone he used to receive the material, under the terms of his plea agreement . The case was prosecuted under the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative and drew an unusually pointed public statement from the top federal prosecutor in the district about the state court decision that had briefly put Puzio back on the street .

Background Information

Public records about Puzio’s life before the case are limited; federal court documents describe him as an Albany resident in his early forties who used the alias “Tony G.” . The investigation that ended in his conviction was run by Homeland Security Investigations and the New York State Police, with assistance from the United States Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General, and was prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Joshua R. Rosenthal . The announcements of his plea and sentence were made jointly by First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III, HSI Buffalo Field Office Special Agent in Charge Anthony Patrone, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse material; sentenced to 10 years.

As part of his previously entered guilty plea, Puzio admitted that in February 2025 he used a messaging application to receive child sexual abuse material, including a video in which a child victim was being sexually abused and beaten . In late June 2025, local authorities charged him with use of a child in a sexual performance and possessing a sexual performance by a child based on that conduct, but he was released on bond pending adjudication of the state charges . After a federal complaint was filed on 8 July 2025, federal agents arrested Puzio, and he did not contest detention in the federal case — meaning he was taken into federal custody within roughly two weeks of the state court’s release decision .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case produced unusually blunt public statements from the officials who announced the sentence. First Assistant US Attorney Sarcone said Puzio “traded in grotesque videos of children being sexually abused and viciously beaten”, and added that after Puzio was released by a New York State court, “my office and our partners took immediate action to make sure that this child predator would not be back in the community” — going on to criticize what he called the state’s “failed policies when it comes to protecting its citizens from dangerous criminals such as Puzio” . HSI Special Agent in Charge Patrone said the abuse depicted in the material Puzio received was “profoundly disturbing” and that the 120-month sentence reflected the resolve of the investigating agencies . State Police Superintendent James said that “behind every image of child sexual abuse is a real child who has suffered unimaginable harm” and that the sentence held Puzio accountable for perpetuating that abuse .

Current Status

Puzio is serving a 10-year federal prison sentence imposed on 10 November 2026, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release . He has forfeited the phone used to receive the material under his plea agreement . The disposition of the parallel state charges from June 2025 has not been the subject of the public announcements around the federal case, which were the officials’ accounts of the federal proceedings .

Impact on Their Career/Life

Puzio’s case ended any normal life in the Albany community for at least the next decade: ten years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, and the seizure of the device used in the offending under his plea agreement . The case also became a public example in the ongoing political argument between federal prosecutors in the Northern District of New York and state officials over pretrial release decisions, with the district’s top federal prosecutor citing Puzio by name as an example of a defendant the state released pending adjudication .

Sources

• “Albany Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Receiving Child Pornography” — The FINANCIAL (finchannel.com), 12 November 2026: source