JACKSON TOWNSHIP MAN SENTENCED TO NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
" Matthew Wolny,s Sentence, Will Run Concurrent With Current Federal Prison Sentence Of Eight-Years."
June 2, 2021 By Kevin Peterson & Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News, With The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office,
JACKSON , NJ.- Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, announced on Friday May 28, 2021, Matthew Wolny, 43, of Jackson Township, New Jersey, was sentenced by The Honorable Michael, J.S.C., to a Five-Year Prison Sentence in a New Jersey State Prison, with a Five-Year period of Parole Ineligibility, relative to a previously entered guilty plea to Distribution of Child Pornography. Wolny will also be required to register as a Megan's Law Offender upon his release from prison.
Wolny pleaded guilty to the charge on November 26, 2018, before Judge Collins, sentencing in Ocean County was delayed pending Wolny being sentenced on related Federal charges involving child pornography.
An investigation conducted by The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office High-Tech Crimes Unit and The Jackson Township Police Department in 2013. The investigation determined that Wolny had been distributing child pornography, through a file sharing application on his computer. On September 26, 2013, Detectives executed a search warrant on his residence, as a result, Detectives seized computer equipment belonging to Wolny, that contained evidence of child pornograpy distribution.
During the course of the investigation, Detectives located multiple videos from the YMCA in Toms River, New Jersey, wherein Wolny hid a camera in the bathroom area, and videotaped multiple individuals changing and showering.
In addition, further investigation uncovered that Wolny had videotaped students in Maryland while on a class trip. At that time, Wolny was a youth band leader for The Howell School System. Wolny was charged by The United States Attorney's Office in 2018, in connection to these offense. On August 20, 2019, Wolny was sentenced to eight years in Federal Prison, on the charge of Receiving Child Pornography. He is currently serving that sentence in a Federal Correctional Facility in Mississippi. Wolny's New Jersey State Prison sentence will run concurrent with his Federal Prison sentence.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of the Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Pressman who handled the states case, as well as The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office High-Tech Crimes Unit, Jackson Township Police Department, and The Department Of Homeland Security, for their collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation.
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