Daniel Murphy, Child Pornography, New Jersey 2023

A Hunterdon County man has been sentenced to 72 months in prison for receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse.

Daniel Murphy, 48, of Lebanon, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, from January 1, 2017, to November 20, 2019, Murphy downloaded and possessed more than 600 images depicting the sexual abuse of children from a peer-to-peer network on the internet.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Sheridan sentenced Murphy to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $19,000 in restitution.

U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr. in Newark, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah A. Sulkowski of the U.S. Attorney’s Violent Crimes Unit in Newark.

In a statement, U.S. Attorney Sellinger emphasized the importance of protecting children from exploitation and abuse.

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