5-Year Prison Term For Woodbridge Man Found With Child Porn

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A Woodbridge man who was arrested last year in the multi-agency child protection initiative “Operation Safety Net” was sentenced to state prison Friday for distributing child pornography on the internet.

Gregory Piszczek, 36, of Woodbridge, was sentenced to five years in state prison, including 2 ½ years of parole ineligibility. Piszczek pleaded guilty on Aug. 6 to charges of distribution of child pornography (second degree) and possession of over 100 files of child pornography (third degree). He will be required to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and will be subject to parole supervision for life.

Piszczek, who was employed as an IT professional, was arrested on Aug. 3, 2017, by members of the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. ICAC Task Force members executed a search warrant at his Woodbridge home after detectives, while monitoring a peer-to-peer file sharing network, downloaded multiple files of child pornography from a shared folder at an IP address traced to Piszczek. Computers seized from Piszczek contained over 4,000 videos and images of child pornography.

Piszczek was among 79 child predators and child pornography offenders arrested in “Operation Safety Net,” a nine-month, multi-agency child protection operation conducted in 2017 by the New Jersey Regional ICAC Task Force, which is led by the New Jersey State Police and includes the Division of Criminal Justice, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, all 21 County Prosecutors’ Offices, and many other state, county and local law enforcement agencies. Ten alleged child predators were arrested, including eight New Jersey men, as well as men in California and Indiana who allegedly tried to have children transported interstate from New Jersey for them to sexually assault.

Piszczek was represented by David Jay Glassman, Esq. of Marlton, N.J.

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