The wife of an accused Staten Island child molester has been arrested for taking pornographic pictures of the then 3-year-old victim and sending them to her husband for his sexual gratification, according to federal prosecutors.
The feds on Saturday busted Brittany Consiglio, 38, who just hours earlier had agreed to co-sign a $100,000 bond for her husband Jon Consiglio’s release.
Instead, the hubby remains locked up in MDC Brooklyn, and the wife is now out on bond. She is facing charges of distributing child pornography.
The case against the Consiglios started on Nov. 25, when Jon Consiglio, 39, gave away one of his phones to a friend’s girlfriend, not realizing it still contained sexual video and photos he made of the young girl, the feds allege.
The ensuing investigation unearthed a video of Jon Consiglio and the girl inside the bedroom of his home in Staten Island’s Woodrow neighborhood, the feds allege, and he was arrested in January. Federal prosecutors described the victim as a 4-year-old girl.
The feds were trying to keep the fact they were also investigating Brittany Consiglio quiet, but her husband’s bail hearing Friday forced their hand, according to court filings.
At that hearing, Magistrate Judge Clay Kaminsky described the girl’s rape as a “crime of opportunity,” a single event that happened some time ago, and prosecutors argued that wasn’t the case — telling the judge a review of his phone revealed he was exchanging child sex abuse material over text messages as recently as September, prosecutors said in a Sunday filing.
His wife, feds say, was on the other end of those text messages.
Because she was in court, prosecutors feared she might realize she was a suspect and start deleting evidence, according to the filing.
So FBI agents swooped in and interviewed her that night, getting her to admit that she sent a picture of the little girl’s vagina to her husband, the feds allege. The agents seized her phone and arrested her Saturday.
The texts on her phone, as detailed by a criminal complaint, were horrific. On Sept. 27, her husband texted her, “Take a picture of her to prove you are committed,” before she sent him a shot of the girl’s privates, the feds allege.
He asked for more pics and described his arousal, then texted her, “Holy f— good job,” the complaint alleges.
Then, on Oct. 25, the two texted about waking the girl up for a nap so she could send him more photos, the feds allege.
Kaminsky had ordered Jon Consiglio released on $100,000 bail, secured by his wife and his mother, but U.S. District Court Judge Diane Gujarati reversed that decision Monday and ordered he remain held.
Brittany Consiglio was ordered released on $75,000 bond Saturday. Her lawyer declined comment Tuesday.