A man from Middlesex County, New Jersey, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for receiving and possessing child pornography. Jeremy Greenwald, 47, of South Amboy, had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Zahid N. Quraishi in Trenton federal court to charges related to receipt and possession of child pornography.
Court documents and statements revealed that between May 2022 and February 2023, Greenwald used an online chat application to communicate with a minor outside New Jersey. He persuaded the minor to create and send sexually explicit images and videos. On several occasions, Greenwald instructed the minor on specific acts using items he had purchased and sent for use in the videos, including sex toys and costumes. He also paid the minor small amounts for these materials. A search of his electronic devices uncovered additional images and videos depicting child pornography involving prepubescent children.
Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello credited special agents from the FBI Newark Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, led by Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy, for their work on the investigation.
"This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit: https://www.justice.gov/pscLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the “external link” icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link," according to Senior Counsel Lamparello.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Agnew represented the government in this case.
Defense counsel was Michael Chazen of Freehold, New Jersey.
