Matawan Man Gets 97 Months In Prison For Sexting With Girl, 13

MATAWAN, NJ — A Matawan man was sentenced Thursday to 97 months in prison for using his e-mail and instant messaging accounts to receive images of child sexual abuse, according to acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick.

Matawan resident Matthew Kaminsky, 51, previously pleaded guilty to using his e-mail and instant messaging accounts to send nude photos back and forth with a 13-year-old girl.

Patch wrote about Kaminsky when he was first arrested, in April of 2016: As we reported at the time, he allegedly met various underage girls through online chat applications and sent them naked pictures of himself. In late January of 2015, over the course of several days, he began corresponding with a 13-year-old girl over an online chat application and induced her to take nude pictures of herself and to send them to him, federal prosecutors said.

In March of 2015, law enforcement officers recovered computer equipment belonging to Kaminsky containing images and videos appearing to be of child sexual abuse. Law enforcement officers located and interviewed the 13-year-old girl Kaminsky had chatted with online in January of 2015, and she confirmed that she had chatted online with Kaminsky and had sent him nude pictures of herself at his request. He pleaded guilty in March of 2017.

Past Patch reporting: Matawan Man, 50, Admits to Sexting With Girl, 13

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