Summit Man Gets Jail Time For Sharing Child Rape Videos: AG

SUMMIT, NJ – A Summit man was sentenced to five years in state prison, including 25 months of parole ineligibility, for distributing child pornography on the internet, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced Tuesday.

The charges were the result of an investigation by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Financial & Computer Crimes Bureau.

Oliver P. Becerra De La Cruz, 38, of Summit was sentenced by Superior Court Judge William A. Daniel in Union County.

He pleaded guilty on Jan. 19 to second-degree distribution of child pornography. He will be required to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and will be subject to parole supervision for life.

De La Cruz admitted that he uploaded child pornography for others to grab from a “shared folder” on his computer including child rape videos.

“Those who share child pornography online share in the brutal exploitation of innocent children by promoting and creating a market for these vile materials,” said Porrino. “Offenders like De La Cruz directly motivate those who sexually abuse children to create child pornography, and they perpetually re-victimize the children whose images can never be erased from the internet.”

Following an investivation in April and May 2016, detectives from the Division of Criminal Justice downloaded a video of a prepubescent girl being raped by an adult male from a shared folder at the IP address, which was traced to De La Cruz’s residence in Summit.

On May 25, 2016, detectives from the Division of Criminal Justice searched De La Cruz's home, where they arrested him and seized computer equipment, including a laptop computer. A forensic preview of the laptop revealed approximately 64 files of suspected child pornography in a shared folder set up by De La Cruz.

Anyone with information about the distribution of child pornography on the internet – or about suspected improper contact by unknown persons communicating with children online or possible exploitation or sexual abuse of children – should contact the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force tip line at 888-648-6007.

(Image via Attorney General's Office: Oliver P. Becerra De La Cruz, 38, of Summit)

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