Stephen Hudson, Child Pornography, New Jersey 2026

A British man has been sentenced to 140 months in prison for possessing child pornography and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct in New Jersey.

Stephen Hudson, 54, of Ealing, England, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in Newark federal court on February 10, 2026, to an information charging him with possession of child pornography and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Hudson communicated with undercover agents using an encrypted email account from April 14, 2022, to May 6, 2022, in an attempt to make arrangements to sexually abuse two minor female children.

Hudson agreed to travel from Massachusetts to New Jersey and pay approximately $1,200 in cash in exchange for engaging in sexual acts with minor girls, illicit drugs that he planned to administer with alcohol to the minor girls.

On May 6, 2022, Hudson traveled to an agreed-upon location in New Jersey to have sex with the two minors and provided approximately $1,200 in cash to the undercover law enforcement agents as previously agreed.

A search of Hudson's laptop revealed 1,751 images of child sexual abuse, including material portraying prepubescent minors and the sexual abuse and exploitation of infants and toddlers.

In addition to a prison term, Judge Farbiarz sentenced Hudson to 5 years of supervised release.

Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello credited special agents of Homeland Security Investigations Newark, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael McCarthy, with the investigation.

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.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/british-man-sentenced-140-months-prison-possessing-child-pornography-and-traveling