SCRANTON – A New Jersey man has been indicted on serious child pornography charges in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Jose Colon, age 50, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, was indicted on July 30, 2024, by a federal grand jury on three counts of production of child pornography.
Colon is accused of communicating with multiple minor victims who he enticed into creating images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit activity and then directing them to send those images to him via cellphone.
The case is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security. Assistant United States Attorney Luisa Honora Berti is prosecuting the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The maximum penalty under federal law for these offenses is thirty years imprisonment as to each count, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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