Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison for Distribution and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months of incarceration, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on her conviction of distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan imposed the sentence on Marissa Lynn Segal, 32, also ordering Segal to pay approximately $13,000 in restitution to victims of her crimes.

According to information presented to the Court, on July 14, 2025, Segal distributed material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors-including photographs and videos of infant victims and victims engaged in acts of bestiality-via a mobile application. One of the infant victims was just four months old, and the evidence presented to the Court established that Segal had knowledge that the victim was being abused contemporaneous with the creation of the child sexual abuse material, which she then redistributed. Segal also possessed child sexual abuse material including images and videos depicting prepubescent minors.

Assistant United States Attorney Kelly M. Locher prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Rivetti commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Segal.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the 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 locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.