(Long Island, NY) A former director of production for a Lindenhurst community theater group was convicted this afternoon of possessing child pornography, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said. In 2012, Detectives from the Computer Crimes Unit of the county police department, assisting the Probation Department, found images of child pornography on Vincent Sparagano’s computer. He was on probation for his prior conviction of endangering the welfare of a teenager active in the theatre company, “The Spotlight Players”. 
Vincent Sparagano, a former director of production for a Lindenhurst community theater group was convicted this afternoon of possessing child pornography, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said. Photo Credit: SCPD.
Sparagano, 44, of 530 South Ninth St., Lindenhurst, was arrested on the child porn charges on September 5, 2012. Jury deliberations after a three week trial began this morning.
The jury found the defendant Vincent Sparagano GUILTY of FOUR counts of Possessing a Sexual Performance By a Child (class “E” Felonies punishable up to one and one-third to four years’ incarceration for each count (which may run consecutive due to his possession of four separate images of child pornography).
The jury found the defendant NOT guilty as to the remaining four counts of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child.
Vincent Sparagano was certified as a sex offender and following the guilty verdict, bail was set at $50,000 dollars cash or $100,000 bond.
Sentencing for Sparagno is scheduled for May 29, 2014.
