Justin Kinney, Production of Child Pornography, New Jersey 2012
New Jersey Man Charged with Recording Child Abuse on Cellphone
Justin Kinney, a 26-year-old man from Newark, New Jersey, has been charged with producing child pornography, a federal crime that carries severe penalties.
According to a federal indictment, Kinney was arrested and charged by federal complaint on April 20, 2014, and is currently in state custody on related charges. He will be arraigned at a later date.
The indictment alleges that on October 25, 2012, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on Kinney's laptop computer and cell phone, revealing several files depicting child sexual abuse, which appeared to be self-produced and were taken with the same type of cell phone seized from Kinney at the time of his arrest.
Each count of production of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of 30 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Newark Division, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Kelly and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, under the direction of Acting Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray, with the investigation leading to today's charges.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Danielle M. Corcione and Danielle Alfonzo Walsman of the U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Division in Newark.
Defense counsel for Kinney is John Yauch Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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