NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 94 months prison for distributing and possessing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
John Fricovsky, 58, of Edison, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to an information charging him with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Judge Vazquez imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:
Fricovsky admitted that in February 2015 he sent an email attaching an image of child sexual abuse involving a child under the age of 12. He also admitted to, in December 2015, possessing computer devices containing at least 10, but fewer than 150, images of child sexual abuse.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Vazquez sentenced Fricovsky to 10 years of supervised release.
Acting U.S. Attorney Fitzpatrick credited special agents with Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Brian Michael, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Alfonzo Walsman of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark.
Defense counsel: Lisa Mack Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
