A man who previously served as mayor of Lawrence, Lawrence’s Chief of Staff, was sentenced to prison on Monday for transporting and having child sexual abuse material, said the office of the United States prosecutor Leah Foley.
Jhovanny Tuesday-Rosario50, he was sentenced to 43 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, said Foley’s office in a statement. Was found guilty in December 2024 to a child porn transportation count and a count of child pornography.
Martes-Rosario worked for Lawrence Mayor, Brian Depeña.
The application of the law identified to Martes-Rosario as the user of Yahoo and Apple accounts containing child sexual abuse material, said the Foley office.
Following the search for the Martes-Rosario House in February 2023, and researchers found an iPad with children’s sexual abuse files, the statement was read. Martes-Rosario admitted that he had the email address and sought and downloaded the child sexual abuse material on his personal iPad and sent it to his email address to store it.
Martes-Rosario also admitted that he sought and stored children’s sexual abuse material for years, said Foley’s office.
Was first presented on February 7, 2023. In court, Martes-Rosario said he was fired from his position the day before