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TagsMichael J. Meyer Jr., 31, of Commercial Township, was sentenced to three years by state Superior Court Judge Benjamin C. Telsey in Bridgeton. 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 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.Meyer was among more than 40 people arrested in September and October 2007 as part of "Operation Silent Shield," an investigation led by the State Police Digital Technology Investigations Unit (NJSP-DTIU) that targeted people 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 regional Task Force, one of 46 such task forces nationwide designated by the U.S. Department of Justice. The task force includes a number of county and local law enforcement agencies throughout New Jersey.
Deputy Attorney General Denise Grugan prosecuted the case.
State Attorney General Paula T. Dow said if a citizen suspects 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 click here.
– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
