El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en noviembre 16, 2021, Ricardo Caballero, 40, del Nuevo Egipto, pled guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(a)(i), y posesión de pornografía infantil en violación de N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(b)(ii), ante el Honorable Michael T.. collins, JSC. At the time of his sentencing on January 14, 2022, the State will be recommending a sentence of five years New Jersey State Prison (NJSP) with a two year period of parole ineligibility as to the Distribution of Child Pornography charge, as well as five years NJSP as to the Possession of Child Pornography charge. Las oraciones deben ejecutarse simultáneamente.. Knight will also be subject to the terms of Meghan’s Law, along with Parole Supervision for Life.
esta investigacion, que comenzó en diciembre 2020, was the result of numerous referrals from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The Task Force detected that a user of the program Google Meets was uploading images of child pornography to the internet. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit identified a residence in New Egypt as the source of the uploaded images of child pornography. On June 9, 2021, Detectives de la Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Investigaciones de seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos, and Plumsted Township Police Department, executed a court-authorized search warrant on Knight’s residence in New Egypt. As a result, Los detectives incautaron dos teléfonos celulares en la residencia. Further investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit revealed that Knight’s cell phone contained more than 1,000 images but less than 100,000 images of child pornography. The investigation also revealed that Knight distributed child pornography using Google Meets and other social media platforms.
Knight was subsequently arrested at his place of employment in Browns Mills on June 9, 2021; he has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since that date.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Senior Assistant Prosecutor Shanon Chant-Berry who is handling the case on behalf of the State, así como la Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio desplomado, Grupo de trabajo sobre crímenes contra niños en Internet de la policía estatal de Nueva Jersey, e Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, for their collective and collaborative assistance in connection with this investigation leading to Knight’s arrest, declaraciones de culpabilidad, y pronto su sentencia de prisión estatal.