Middletown Man, 46, Admits To Sharing Child Porn

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — A Middletown man who was arrested last summer as part of a massive statewide child porn bust — nicknamed "Operation School’s Out" — pleaded guilty this week to the distribution of child pornography, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni.

Dale Williams, 46, of Leonard Avenue in Middletown, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of second-degree distribution of child pornography before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Vincent N. Falcetano, Jr. He works as a construction worker.

In pleading guilty, Williams admitted he used peer-to-peer file-sharing software to download child pornography images and videos.

In exchange for his guilty plea, the state agreed to recommend a sentence of three years in New Jersey State Prison. Upon his release from prison, Williams will also be subject to the provisions of “Megan’s Law.”

Williams was arrested on July 21, 2017 as part of “Operation School’s Out,” a summer-long investigation into online consumers of child pornography that resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals. The operation was carried out by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit and Monmouth County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force between July 20 and August 31, 2017.

Photo provided by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.