Former Somerset County Teacher Used Internet To Proposition Sex With Minor: U.S. Attorney

By Brendan O'Meara:

A former Somerset County music teacher has admitted he used the internet to entice a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct in exchange for money, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Wednesday.

David M. Adams, 30, who has pleaded guilty in a Newark federal court, was charged with one count of online enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct.

According to authorities, between May 2014 and September 2014, Adams used the internet—including Skype—to proposition the minor. In exchange for allowing Adams to view the explicit conduct on Skype, Adams paid the victim using PayPal and other means, authorities said.

During that time, Adams was a music teacher at Eisenhower Middle School in Roxbury, Morris County before starting work at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in Somerset County.

The maximum penalty for the guilty plea is life in prison, a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Adams must also register as as sex offender.

Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 30