'Busy Busy Mom' Writer Goes To Prison For Sexually Exploiting A Girl

A Middlesex County woman who penned a column called “Busy Busy Mom” was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a girl, and coercing her to live stream sexually explicit acts via the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Jane Dornick, 53, of South Plainfield pleaded guilty, prior to the selection of a jury, to an indictment charging her with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

Dornick worked as a writer for the South Plainfield Observer, writing on education and local-government issues and composing a column under the pseudonym “Busy Busy Mom.” The column typically dealt with musings about local events and fundraisers.

The remaining counts will be dismissed at sentencing. Dornick entered her plea before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in Trenton federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

On Aug. 16, 2010, Dornick coerced and used “Victim 1,” a minor female, to perform sexually explicit acts and live stream them over the Internet to Michael Grennier, 51, who watched remotely via his computer in his home in South Plainfield.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Wolfson sentenced Dornick to lifetime supervised
release. Grennier pleaded guilty before Judge Wolfson to a separate charge of the sexual
exploitation of a minor on Dec. 16, 2013, and was sentenced Nov. 21, 2014, to 20 years in prison.

Fishman credited special agents of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Aaron T. Ford, for the investigation leading to today’s plea.

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