New Jersey
Prison for N.J. man who paid out-of-state child to send him sexual materials
A man who paid an out-of-state minor to send him sexual photos and videos has been sentenced to federal prison.
Jeremy Greenwald, 47, of South Amboy, received a 15-year sentence on Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey said in a statement. His sentence also includes 15 years of supervised release.
Greenwald previously pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child pornography.
He communicated with the girl through an online chat service between May 2022 and February 2023, eventually persuading her to send about 70 images and videos performing sexual acts, authorities said. A review his financial records later found that he sent her between $7 and $10 on multiple occasions, according to the case’s criminal complaint.
Greenwald also sent the victim sex toys, lingerie and costumes, requesting that she use them while taking the photos and videos, federal prosecutors said.
In the complaint, FBI Special Agent Charles Paddock described records recovered when investigators searched Greenwald’s computer and three cell phones.
These included images and videos depicting prepubescent child sexual abuse, including those that the girl had sent him, as well as conversations between him and the child that involved explicit sexual language, Paddock wrote.
Investigators also said in the court document that he was living at his South Amboy residence by himself at the time of the crimes, the same location that the IP address connected to the conversations was traced to, and that he had accessed the internet with a secure and protected password.
The case was part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child exploitation online.
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A severe thunderstorm watch looms over North Jersey on the evening of June 12 after days of extreme heat.
Nation Weather Service New York declared a severe thunderstorm watch for numerous North Jersey counties including Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris and Sussex among other Central Jersey and New York counties. The watch is in effect until 9 p.m., according to the NWS statement.
In an hourly forecast from The Weather Channel for Paramus, there is a 74% chance of thunderstorms at 7 p.m.
High temperatures reached past 90 degrees in many parts of North Jersey on June 11 and June 12 as a heat advisory also remains in effect until 8 p.m., said NWS New York.
“Dangerous heat is expected to continue across much of our region through today, with several record highs likely to be challenged again. High temperatures are forecast to peak into the low to mid 90s across most of the area,” the National Weather Service said Friday.
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. across the state except for Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.
PHILADELPHIA – Philip McPherson II, a 37-year-old from Riverside, New Jersey, was sentenced Thursday, June 11, to 78 months in prison for his role in a 2022 plane crash in Lehigh County that killed a student pilot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sentencing and charges for fatal Lehigh Valley crash
What we know:
United States District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced McPherson to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, a $4,300 special assessment, and $19,530 in restitution. Judge Gallagher also barred McPherson from working in the aviation industry.
McPherson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding, and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate.
The backstory:
Court filings show that on September 28, 2022, McPherson took off from Queen City Airport in Allentown as the pilot-in-command with student pilot K.K. and crashed shortly after, resulting in K.K.’s death.
Prosecutors said McPherson acted with gross negligence, knowing he was not competent to fly as pilot-in-command. He had two prior crashes, nearly a third, and failed a reexamination for his pilot’s certificate in September 2021.
McPherson voluntarily surrendered his pilot’s certificate in October 2021 and let his Temporary Airman Certificate expire in November 2021, acknowledging his inability to meet FAA standards.
He admitted to flying with passengers without a valid FAA pilot’s certificate between October 12, 2021, and September 20, 2022.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, FAA, and Salisbury Township Police Department worked on the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Schopf and Special Assistant United States Attorney Marie Miller.
What we don’t know:
Authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash.
The Source: Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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