Crime & Safety

Former Boy Scout From Gloucester County Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

Gerrett Conover admitted to possession of child pornography after he was captured in 2012.

A former Boy Scout from Gloucester County was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said on Thursday.

Gerrett Conover, 50, of Woolwich Township, previously pleaded guilty to a count of distribution of child pornography.

Conover was found in possession of a laptop containing images of sexually exploited children after he was intercepted at the United States border on his way from Canada into New York on Sept. 16, 2012.

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Agents then obtained a search warrant for Conover’s home in Woolwich Township and seized various computers and other media containing additional images of child sexual abuse.

The search also uncovered materials allegedly establishing Conover’s involvement in the Boy Scouts between 1990 and 2000.

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Conover admitted that he knowingly distributed images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

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