Old Bridge Man Sentenced For Having Child Porn

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A Middlesex County man who has two prior child pornography convictions resulting from arrests in 2006 and 2009 was sentenced to prison Friday on a new child pornography charge stemming from his arrest last year in “Operation Safety Net.”

Kevin G. Wenng Jr., 36, of Old Bridge, NJ was sentenced to five years in prison by Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves in Middlesex County.

He pleaded guilty on Aug. 2 to a charge of possession of over 100 files of child pornography.

Wenng already was registered as a sex offender under Megan’s Law. The judge ordered that he be subject to parole supervision for life as a result of his guilty plea.

Wenng was among 79 child predators and child pornography offenders arrested in “Operation Safety Net,” a nine-month, multi-agency child protection operation, which Patch reported on extensively when it happened.

Ten alleged “hands-on” offenders were arrested in Operation Safety Net, including eight New Jersey men, as well as men in California and Indiana who allegedly tried to have children transported interstate from New Jersey so they could sexually assault them.

Wenng was arrested on May 9, 2017, by detectives from the New Jersey State Police, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Old Bridge Township Police Department. The New Jersey State Police had received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about a user who uploaded numerous files of child pornography to a cloud storage account. The account was linked to IP addresses that were traced to Wenng. The detectives seized a desktop computer and two cell phones from Wenng. A total of 119 images and 65 videos of child pornography were found on the cell phones.

“Wenng has repeatedly linked himself to the network of offenders who drive the cruel sexual exploitation of children by collecting and distributing child pornography,” said Attorney General Grewal. “We have put this recidivist offender behind bars and have ensured that he will face parole supervision for life.”

In 2007, Wenng pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography and was sentenced to three years in state prison. He was required to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to five years of probation.

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