Lucas J. Reinmann, Child Pornography, New Jersey 2015

Boonton, New Jersey Man Sentenced for Child Pornography

A 35-year-old man from Boonton, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to receiving images of child pornography, according to a recent guilty plea in federal court. Lucas J. Reinmann, 35, admitted to downloading images and videos of child sexual abuse from the internet using a peer-to-peer file sharing network.

Reinmann also admitted to possessing over 600 images of child sexual abuse on his computers and USB drives, which were seized from his residence in July 2013. The images were found on his home computer and multiple USB drives.

The count to which Reinmann pleaded guilty carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison, followed by a mandatory minimum of five years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for April 20, 2015.

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 John P. Woods; the Morris County Prosecutors Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp; and the Boonton Township Police Department, under the direction of Chief Paul C. Fortunato with the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara F. Merin of the U.S. Attorney’s Office OCDETF Unit in Newark. Defense counsel Edward V. Sapone Esq., New York, represented the defendant in court.

Defendant: Lucas J. Reinmann, Crime: One count of knowingly receiving images of child pornography over the internet, City and State: Boonton, New Jersey, Date: April 20, 2015, Sentence: Mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison, followed by a mandatory minimum of five years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/morris-county-new-jersey-man-admits-receiving-images-child-pornography