Fmr Bucks Corrections Officer Sentenced to 8 1/3 Years in Prison for Child Porn Possession

A former Bucks County Corrections officer is about to get a full on serving of what life is like in a federal prison as an inmate for a little more than eight years.

52 year-old Christos Rallis of Warrington, Pa was sentenced by United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky for child pornography offenses to 100 months of incarceration and 10 years of supervised release.

Judge Slomsky also ordered Sinchuk Rallis to pay $38,000 in restitution to minor victims.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the sentencing Friday afternoon.

According to court filings, Rallis actively sought out and shared images of horrific sexual abuse of children, including images depicting rape, torture, or bondage of children as young as infants. A forensic analysis of the defendant’s devices found more than 609 videos and 249 standard images of child sexual abuse material.

Rallis committed these offenses while employed as a Bucks County Correctional Officer. Prior to relocating to Pennsylvania, he worked as a San Francisco police officer for 16 years, officials said.

Rallis pled guilty to both offenses last August prosecutors said.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit projectsafechildhood.gov.