Middlebury College information technology specialist has been sentenced to almost 7 years

A former long-term Middlebury College information technology specialist has been sentenced to almost 7 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography in a sophisticated and significant child sexual abuse material case. Scott Remick, 48, of Shoreham, who also was active in theater productions in both schools and local communities in northern Vermont, will be on 14 years of federal supervised release conditions once discharged from his 80-month prison term.  U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss overruled a defense objection and said Remick will be subject to polygraph examinations and searches once he is released from prison. Reiss noted Remick’s background in computers allowed him to set up a buffer that made it hard for federal agents to access all the pornography. She said the lie detector test would help avoid that high-tech problem happening again due to his “very superior computer skills.”