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TRENTON
–Attorney General Paula T. Dow and
Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor
announced that a Jersey City man was sentenced
to state prison today for distributing child
pornography on the Internet.
According
to Director Taylor, Nicholas Castrovinci,
30, of Jersey City, was sentenced to five
years in state prison by Superior Court
Judge Paul M. DePascale in Hudson County.
Castrovinci pleaded guilty on April 30 to
second-degree endangering the welfare of
a child/distribution of child pornography.
Castrovinci will not be permitted to access
the Internet for the duration of his sentence,
and he will be required to register as a
sex offender under Megan’s Law.
Castrovinci
was charged in a state grand jury indictment
obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice
Major Crimes Bureau on Jan. 28.
An
investigation by the New Jersey State Police
Digital Technology Investigation Unit determined
that on June 30, 2009, Castrovinci 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 State Police
detective was conducting an undercover investigation
into the possession and distribution of
child pornography on the Internet via peer-to-peer
software, when he downloaded two video files
that contained child pornography from the
shared folder on Castrovinci’s computer.
Castrovinci
was arrested on July 31, 2009. A search
warrant executed by the State Police on
that date revealed numerous videos containing
child pornography on his computer.
At the time of his arrest, Castrovinci was
on probation as a result of a guilty plea
to fourth-degree criminal sexual contact
obtained by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s
Office.
Deputy
Attorney General Lee Schaer prosecuted the
case and represented the Division of Criminal
Justice at the sentencing hearing.
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