Marlboro Man/Keansburg Teacher Charged With Child Pornography

COLTS NECK, NJ - A man who lives in Marlboro Township but teaches sixth grade at the Bolger middle school in Keansburg was arrested Thursday and charged with sharing child pornography.

Marc S. Marinoff, 30, of Pear Drive in Marlboro Twp., was arrested Thursday at his home, the Monmouth County prosecutor announced. Members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit made the arrest.

Detectives conducted a search of Marinoff's home and various personal electronic devices were seized. An initial forensic examination revealed that Marinoff possessed and distributed videos of child pornography via a peer-to-peer file-sharing program – an online connection of computers allowing the sharing of files directly between the individual users, the prosecutor said.

Marinoff is a sixth-grade teacher at the Joseph R. Bolger Middle School in Keansburg, the prosecutor's office confirmed.

"These are charges and they're not evidence of guilt," Mitchell Ansell of Ansell, Grimm & Aaron, the law firm representing Marinoff told NJ.com. "We'll review the case together and we'll have a comment after that."

He was charged with one count each of second degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Distribution of Child Pornography) and third degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Possession of Child Pornography).

If convicted, he faces five to ten years in a New Jersey state prison and will be subject to the provisions of Megan’s Law upon his release.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is asking anyone with information about Marinoff to contact Detective Tiffany Lenart at (732) 431-7160 x5747. Anyone who wishes to make a report yet remain anonymous can call the Monmouth County Crime Stoppers' confidential tip-line at 1-800-671-4400. Tipsters can also text "MONMOUTH" and their tip to 274637.