Huntington Detective Arrested for Child Sex Solicitation

By Chris O’Neill

A Huntington-based police detective – Robert Sacco - has been arrested by the US Department of Justice for sexual exploitation of a child.

Sacco is being prosecuted by the US Attorney’s office in the northern district, because the investigation was run out of upstate New York.

According to the Justice Department, beginning in October 2025, Sacco began contact with an undercover law enforcement officer online using encrypted messaging. This contact went on for about four months.

During this time Sacco expressed his sexual attraction to children, talked about meeting the undercover officer and his purported 10-year-old daughter to sexually abuse her, and ejaculated on pictures of the the supposed daughter.

The picture of the child was actually that of a female detective that was de-aged using regressive software while the purported father was an upstate detective from Colonie with experience in sex-abuse cases and who was also working with the FBI.

By January 2026, Sacco suggested to the undercover detective that he (Sacco) watch the officer sexually abuse the child for Sacco’s sexual gratification.  Sacco told the undercover officer what sex acts the undercover officer would engage in with the child.

On January 23, 2026, Sacco signed into a video call on the encrypted app with the intent to watch the undercover officer engage in sexually explicit conduct with the purported 10-year-old, including oral sex.

"I would absolutely love to set something up in person,” stated Sacco. “The proximity will make it tough but I'm willing to try and make it work if we can!"

He offered to buy the girl clothing and underwear and offered the undercover detective electronic payment information.

Sacco was arrested on January 23 at Nassau County police headquarters and arraigned in Brooklyn on January 24.

Sacco, who is a 10-year veteran of the Nassau County Police Department and who earned $178,528 in 2024 including overtime, was suspended without pay.

During his career he has previously been in the news several times. In 2017 he was with other officers who tasered an aggressive Guatemalan immigrant high on cocaine who punched an officer and who then expired, and in 2023 he was credited in a news report by Newsday for using “good ole detective work” in retrieving and returning to its owner a stolen cat.

Sacco is being held without bail.

According to prosecutors, "It is hard to imagine a defendant more capable of avoiding law enforcement than a member of law enforcement." 

If the allegations against Sacco prove true, he could be looking at a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life.