TRENTON
- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal
Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced
that a Cumberland County man was sentenced
to state prison today for offering child
pornography over the Internet.
According
to Director Taylor, Michael J. Meyer Jr.,
31, of Commercial Township, was sentenced
to three years in state prison by Superior
Court Judge Benjamin C. Telsey in Cumberland
County. Meyer pleaded guilty on Feb. 26
to endangering the welfare of a child by
offering child pornography over the Internet.
He was charged in a July 1, 2008 state grand
jury indictment.
In
pleading guilty, Meyer admitted that between
July 27 and Oct. 2, 2007, he used peer-to-peer
software on his computer to knowingly make
video files of child pornography available
to other people who had similar peer-to-peer
software installed on their computers. On
Oct. 2, 2007, State Police detectives executed
a search warrant for Meyer=s computer and
arrested him. Deputy Attorney General Denise
Grugan prosecuted the case and represented
the Division of Criminal Justice at the
sentencing.
The
defendant was among more than 40 people
arrested in September and October 2007 as
part of “Operation Silent Shield,”
an investigation led by New Jersey State
Police Digital Technology Investigations
Unit (NJSP-DTIU) that targeted offenders
who distributed known images and videos
of child pornography via the Internet. It
encompassed 15 counties and involved numerous
local, county, state and federal law enforcement
agencies.
The
NJSP-DTIU leads the New Jersey Internet
Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Regional
Task Force, one of 46 such task forces nationwide
designated by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The NJ ICAC Task Force includes a number
of county and local law enforcement agencies
throughout New Jersey.
If
you suspect improper contact by unknown
persons communicating with children via
the Internet contact the Division of Criminal
Justice Computer Analysis & Technology
Unit Tip Line at 1-800-396-2310
or log-on to the Web at www.njdcj.org.
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