Child Porn Plea Draws Prison Sentence For Haddon Man

HADDON TWP., NJ — A Haddon man who admitted to sending child pornography images to an undercover FBI agent has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.

Mark Dailey, 33, of Westmont pleaded guilty in Aug. 22 to a distribution of child pornography charge, court records show. U.S. District Judge Christine O'Hearn sentenced him to 135 months in prison on Jan. 13, according to federal court records.

In July 2020, officials charged Dailey with production of child pornography, alleging he entered a private Kik group known to be a place where users discussed and shared child pornography. An FBI task force officer acting in an undercover capacity (referred to as the UC) was in the group, and subsequently identified a user with the screen name “daddy091915" as Dailey, officials said.

"Between June 2, 2020 and July 2, 2020, the UC and Dailey discussed creating child pornography," officials alleged. "Dailey described several images of child pornography that he had manufactured. Dailey also sent several images he claimed to be of himself, along with that of a young child who was partially clothed to the UC."

Officials arrested Dailey on July 3 of that year and he confessed to creating the photo and sending it to the officer on Kik, officials said.

The victim was a minor under the age of 12, records show.

O'Hearn also sentenced Dailey to a term of five years supervised release, records show. He will also have to register as a sexual offender under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, his plea agreement shows. He was also ordered to surrender his computer and accessories, as well as his iPhone. The offense involved between 10 and 150 images, records show.