Dominique Saczawa, Child Exploitation, New Jersey 2024

Newark, N.J. - A Sussex County woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the exploitation of a child and production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.

Dominique Saczawa, 34, of Sparta, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, advertisement of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. Judge Kiel imposed the sentence on May 18.

Dominique Saczawa was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 15 years supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. She was also ordered to pay a fine of $0.

According to documents filed in the case, law enforcement determined that Saczawa had sexually exploited a then-four-year-old child by engaging in sexual contact with the child and then producing images and videos of that sexual contact. She shared these videos and images with others online.

Saczawa later admitted to running a group chat within an online messaging application in which participants discussed and shared content and images of child pornography. As an administrator of this group, Saczawa solicited participants to share such content and participants would be expelled from the group if they did not share. The images Saczawa shared included images of toddlers potentially as young as one year old being sexually assaulted.

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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit: https://www.justice.gov/psc. The government is represented by Assistant United States Attorney Rachelle M. Navarro of the Bank Integrity, Money Laundering, and Recovery Unit in Newark.

The FBI Newark Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy, was credited with the investigation. Defense counsel for Saczawa was Stephen Natoli, Esq.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/sussex-county-woman-sentenced-20-years-prison-exploiting-then-four-year-old-child-and