Prison For Iselin EMT Who Admitted Soliciting Boy For Nude Pics

ISELIN, NJ — A Woodbridge Twp. resident who worked as an EMT and volunteer firefighter was sentenced Tuesday to 135 months in prison for enticing a child to produce sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Zachary Motta, 24, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to one count of online enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. Beginning in October 2016, Motta communicated online with a boy, who told Motta he was 12 years old. Motta admitted he asked the boy to send a picture of himself nude, which he did, police said.

The investigation began after the boy's mother contacted authorities.

Motta worked as an EMT at a hospital in New Brunswick and served with the Iselin Volunteer Fire Company.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Wolfson sentenced Motta to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $5,000 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act assessment.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents with the FBI, under the direction of Newark Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie, and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.

Motta was represented by Michael Policastro Esq., of Milltown, New Jersey.

Photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office.