'Law and Order: SVU' Actor Charged With Having Child Porn

[Morg]

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WAYNE, N.J. -- An actor who once played a lieutenant on NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" has been charged with possession of child pornography, authorities said Tuesday.

Albert Insinnia, 57, of Bloomfield, turned himself into the Passaic County Sheriff's Department in Wayne on Monday and was released on bail Tuesday morning, said sheriff's spokesman Bill Maer.

Insinnia was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography after authorities allegedly discovered 180 images of child porn on the hard drive of the actor's laptop computer.

Reached at his home Tuesday afternoon, Insinnia told The Associated Press he had no comment, but his lawyer, Joseph Portelli, said he planned to plead not guilty at an arraignment Tuesday afternoon.

"I understand what he's been charged with, but I do have to say that based on my conversations with him and the authorities involved, I sincerely believe he's not guilty," said Portelli, who mentioned that his client also works as a real estate agent.

According to Portelli, the hard drive on Insinnia's computer has been transferred various times in the last few years and a variety of people have had access to it.

"Any images that may have been on that computer are not his," Portelli said, adding that there are no allegations that his client purchased or sold any of the images.

The sheriff's department has not ruled out additional charges for Insinnia and its investigation is ongoing, Maer said.

"If you exploit a child in Passaic County, you will be hunted down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale said in a statement.

The investigation began after Insinnia took his computer to a Best Buy electronics store in West Paterson for repairs. A technician found the images, police said, and alerted a police detective working security at the store.

According to his biography on a Web site for the film "Over the GW," Insinnia has been acting for more than 30 years. He's appeared on Broadway and played Lt. Pizelli on a couple episodes of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."

[dpm07]

It's possible he was doing research for a role.

[SoulManX]

Why do these people always take their computers to Best Buy?

[Kritish]

This news made Chris Hansen cry.

[StrainedEyes]

Calling him a 'Law and Order: SVU Actor' is alittle misleading. He was in 2 episodes.

[Kelly]

Originally Posted by Geo7877

Calling him a 'Law and Order: SVU Actor' is alittle misleading. He was in 2 episodes.

Yeah, I love how articles go for the sensational title....

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409386/


He was on an episode of MASH so I guess he's a MASH actor as well....

[Swordmaster]

Phew, I was worried that Meloni was being referred to in the title. I love the man.


And on that note, his SVU episodes sucked.

[Penismightier]

Originally Posted by Kritish

This news made Chris Hansen cry.

Well played.

[Mister J]

Originally Posted by Swordmaster

Phew, I was worried that Meloni was being referred to in the title. I love the man.


And on that note, his SVU episodes sucked.

You know, when I read the thread title, I though it was Meloni. I'm not really sure why. I don't even watch Law and Order.

[Abaddon]

This would be so ****ed up if he's really innocent.

[Penismightier]

Originally Posted by Abaddon

This would be so ****ed up if he's really innocent.

Yeah, but I really wouldn't know how 180 images of child pornography accidentally end up on your hard drive. Well, I suppose it could be he downloaded something by accident or it was a trojan or one of his friends is into that sort of thing and used his computer.