Syracuse, N.Y. — An Oswego County man who sodomized a 7-year-old girl in 1999 pleaded guilty Thursday to several child pornography charges, federal prosecutors said.
Gary Goodale, 40, of Fulton will be sentenced to at least 35 years and up to 50 years in federal prison, according to a news release issued Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
Goodale admitted he received images of child pornography on his personal computer, and that he possessed child pornography on three different devices, prosecutors said.
Images of child pornography were found on his cell phone, and on two portable storage devices, they said.
He also admitted to possessing sexually explicit images of two minors that he produced himself, prosecutors said.
Goodale pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography, prosecutors said.
In 1999, Goodale was sentenced to eight years in state prison for sodomizing the seven-year-old girl, according to The Post-Standard archives and state records.
Goodale was accused of raping her as many as 10 times, according to the archives.Goodale is a Level 3 registered sex offender, according to the NYS Sex Offender Registry.
Level 3 is the worst designation, given to people with a high risk of repeat offense and where a threat to public safety exists.Goodale’s sentencing date is scheduled for Sept. 8, prosecutors said.