A Baldwin man was sentenced last week to more than 17 years in prison for making pictures and videos of two minor boys engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
Raymond Mykale Goodridge, 21, of the 2600 block of Baldwin Mill Road but who the Harford County Sheriff's Office says lives in Dundalk, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis to 17 1/2 years in jail, followed by 25 years of supervised release, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office, which announced the sentence. Goodridge pleaded guilty in April to producing child pornography.
When he is released, Goodridge must register as a sex offender in the place where he lives, where he is an employee and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, or SORNA.
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
According to his plea agreement, Goodridge was friends with the mother of a then-4-year-old boy. Goodridge spent time alone with the boy, spending the night at the boy's home in Dundalk. The boy also spent the night at Goodridge's home. In May 2014, when Goodridge was alone with the boy at the boy's house, Goodridge used his cell phone to produce four photos which depict the boy partially naked. The photos focused on the boy's genitals, prosecutors said.
Goodridge was also friends with the mother of a 13-year-old boy, who lived in Harford County. Goodridge and the 13-year-old boy spent time together alone. In May 2014, Goodridge used a camera phone to surreptitiously take a video of the boy, intending to capture images of the boy engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to the statement of facts in the plea agreement. The video captured the boy changing clothes and in various states of undress, included fully naked, and his genitals.
In February 2015, law enforcement seized digital devices belonging to Goodridge from his former residence, including a laptop and hard drive, which contained more than 600 images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Numerous files portrayed prepubescent children engaged in sex acts with adults. The hard drive also contained the images and videos Goodridge produced of the two boys.
U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein commended the FBI, Harford County Sheriff's Office, Baltimore County Police Department and the Harford County and Baltimore County State's Attorney's Offices for their work in the investigation. He thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Budlow, who prosecuted the case.