East Brunswick Sex Offender Sentenced Tuesday for Bringing Boy, 15, to Motel for Sex

East Brunswick, NJ - An East Brunswick man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison Tuesday for bringing a 15-year-old boy across state lines, specifically to a Fort Lee motel room, to have sex with him, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said late Tuesday afternoon.

Jayme Shannon, 53, previously pleaded guilty to the Oct. 2013 incident, which occurred while he was a registered sex offender, said the prosecutor’s office. Shannon has been reported as living at times in both East Brunswick and East Windsor, New Jersey.

In September 2013, Shannon met a 15-year-old boy in the internet chat room “Chatavenue.com,” and continued to chat with him in September and October 2013. On Oct. 14, 2013, Shannon arranged to meet the teen at the Skyview Motel in Fort Lee, prosecutors said.

After renting a motel room that morning, Shannon drove from New Jersey to New York, where he picked up the victim. Shannon drove the teen from New York to the Skyview Motel on Bergen Boulevard and engaged in sexual conduct with the victim.

He was arrested later that day when Fort Lee police officers found him with the victim inside the motel. A Fort Lee police officer saw Shannon enter the motel room with the boy, and the teen was found naked and hiding in the bathroom when police busted into the room, according to NorthJersey.com at the time.

Special agents of the FBI led the case.

Photo: Jayme Shannon/Bergen County Sheriff’s Office