TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram announced
that a Sussex County man was charged today
in a state grand jury indictment for allegedly
distributing child pornography over the
Internet. The defendant was among more than
three dozen people arrested in September
and October as part of “Operation
Silent Shield,” an investigation that
targeted offenders who distributed known
images and videos of child pornography via
the Internet.
A
state grand jury indictment charged Sean
Turner, 20, of Highland Lakes, with two
counts of second-degree distributing of
child pornography and one count of fourth-degree
possession of child pornography. The indictment
alleges that between July and September
2007, Turner knowingly used Internet file
sharing software to make multiple files
containing child pornography readily available
for any other user to download from a designated
“shared folder” on his computer.
A search warrant executed by the New Jersey
State Police on Sept. 24, 2007 revealed
numerous videos containing child pornography
on Turner’s computer.
The
Digital Technology Investigation Unit of
the New Jersey State Police coordinated
the investigations. Deputy Attorney Betty
Rodriguez presented the case to the state
grand jury.
The
indictment is merely an accusation and the
defendant is presumed innocent until proven
guilty. Second-degree crimes carry a maximum
sentence of 10 years in state prison and
a $150,000 fine, while fourth-degree crimes
carry a maximum sentence of 18 months in
prison and a $10,000 fine.
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