El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en junio 20, 2023, Michael Kozdron, 41, del municipio de Little Egg Harbor, was charged with Distribution of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, Mantener u operar una instalación de producción de sustancias peligrosas controladas, and Possession of More than Ten but less than Fifty Marijuana Plants with Intent to Distribute.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit identified an IP address associated with a Little Egg Harbor Township residence as a location where an individual was uploading images of child pornography to the internet using bittorrent Peer 2 Peer file sharing software; that individual was ultimately identified as Kozdron.
En Junio 20, 2023, Detectives de la Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations Newark, and Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, executed a court-authorized search warrant on Kozdron’s residence in Little Egg Harbor Township. Upon entry, Detectives observed – in plain view – 14 marijuana plants, lights, seeds, ventilation and irrigation systems, and assorted paraphernalia utilized to maintain and grow marijuana plants.
Further investigation revealed that Kozdron had utilized a laptop, found at the residence, to both upload and download in excess of 1000 images of child pornography from the internet. Kozdron was taken to Little Egg Harbor Township Police Headquarters, procesada, and subsequently transported to the Ocean County Jail where he presently remains pending a detention hearing.
El Fiscal Billhimer elogia a la Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Fuerza de ataque antinarcóticos de la oficina del fiscal del condado de Ocean, United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations Newark, Departamento de policía del municipio de Little Egg Harbor, y Oficina de Detectives del Departamento de Policía de Little Egg Harbor Township, for their collaborative assistance in connection with this investigation leading to Kozdron’s arrest.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia..
RPC. 3.6(b)(6).