South Amboy Man Chatted With Underage Girl Online, Directed Her To Perform Sex Acts

SOUTH AMBOY, NJ — A South Amboy man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for receiving and possessing images and videos depicting child pornography, said the U.S. Attorney for the district of New Jersey.

Jeremy Greenwald, 47, previously pleaded guilty in Trenton federal court to a two-count information charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography.

From May 2022 through February 2023, Greenwald used an online chat application to communicate with a minor victim located outside of New Jersey. Greenwald persuaded the minor victim to create and send him photos and videos of her engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

On multiple occasions, Greenwald directed the minor victim to perform certain sexual acts using items Greenwald had purchased, and sent the minor victim to use during the videos, including sex toys and costumes. Greenwald paid the minor victim a nominal amount for these images and videos.

A search of Greenwald’s electronic devices revealed additional videos and images of child pornography, including depictions of prepubescent children engaged in sexual acts.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit: https://www.justice.gov/psc