2nd Child Porn Arrest For Monroe Twp. Man

MONROE TWP. — A Monroe Township man admitted Thursday to possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Sam Cynamon, 67, of Monroe, and formerly of Springfield, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an indictment charging him with one count of possession of child pornography.

Last summer, on July 10, federal officers raided Cynamon's home and seized multiple computers and electronic storage media that he owned. The computers and electronic storage media contained multiple images and videos of child pornography, including images of prepubescent children being sexually abused, feds say.

This is not his first arrest for child porn: In March 2005, Cynamon pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 27 months in prison. Because of his prior conviction, the count of possession of child pornography to which Cynamon pleaded guilty to this week carries a mandatory minimum potential penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 19. 2018.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents with the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Brian Michael in Newark, with the investigation.