Egg Harbor Man Admits To Possession Of Child Pornography: Feds

An Egg Harbor Township man has admitted to receiving thousands of images and videos of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced on Tuesday.

Matthew Wolny, 40, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography. Wolny was arrested and charged by complaint on June 6.

Authorities said that in September 2013, they found that Wolny, who lived in Jackson at the time, used peer to peer file sharing computer software to download video files with images of child sexual abuse from the Internet, according to documents filed in the case and statements made in court.

When law enforcement officers searched Wolny's Jackson home and car, they seized a number of electronic devices with roughly 2,000 images and 1,600 videos of suspected child pornography, Carpenito said.

Wolny faces between 5 and 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing, which is scheduled for April 8, 2019.

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