School Janitor From South Toms River Admits Sharing Child Porn

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A South Toms River man who worked as a school janitor in Monmouth County has pleaded guilty to sharing child pornography, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday.

Randy Hull, 44, of South Toms River, pled guilty Tuesday before Superior Court Judge James M. Blaney in Ocean County to the charge of distribution of child pornography, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the prosecutor's office.

As part of the plea, he has forfeited his public employment as janitor with Long Branch Public Schools, Della Fave said.

Hull was arrested Aug. 10, 2016, by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit as part of the Operation Statewide investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, of which the Ocean County High Tech Crime Unit is a member. The investigation led to the arrests of 40 people after authorities tracked images of the sexual exploitation of minors circulating on internet file-sharing networks to individual IP addresses, which led police to the home addresses of suspects in each of the state's 21 counties, the state attorney general's office said at the time of the arrests.

Senior Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Pressman prosecuted the case.

Hull remains free on posted $75,000 bail pending his sentencing, which is scheduled for March 23, 2018, Della Fave said.

Photo of Randy Hull via New Jersey State Attorney General's Office