Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on October 21, 2025, Phillip Ommundsen, 38, of Manchester Township, was charged with three counts of Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material and one count of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
This investigation was the result of a referral from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The ICAC Task Force received a cyber-tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual was sending/receiving images of child pornography from the internet.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Squad identified an IP address associated with a Manchester Township residence as the location from which the individual was sending/receiving images of child pornography from the internet – utilizing a Kik Messenger account. Further investigation into those Kik Messenger accounts resulted in Detectives locating images and videos of child sexual abuse material which had been uploaded and sent by Ommundsen via Kik.
During the course of the investigation, it was determined that Ommundsen had been arrested in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, on an unrelated charge and that he was currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania. It was also determined that Ommundsen’s cellular phone was being held in evidence by the Reynoldsville Police Department. Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Squad executed a court-authorized search warrant to retrieve and examine Ommundsen’s cellular phone. A forensic examination of the device revealed images of child sexual abuse material and two Kik Messenger accounts belonging to Ommundsen.
On October 21, 2025, Ommundsen was charged with the offenses referenced above; he will be served with same by way of warrant at the Jefferson County (Pennsylvania) Jail by Detectives from the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations.
Prosecutor Billhimer commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Squad, United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations, New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Reynoldsville (Pennsylvania) Police Department, and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, for their collaborative assistance in connection with this investigation.
The charges referenced above are merely accusations and the press and public are reminded that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
R.P.C. 3.6(b)(6).