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September 14, 2011
By: Jason Grant
TRENTON — A 20-year-old East Brunswick man today admitted in federal court that he had stored more than 600 images of child pornography, including sadistic or other violent depictions, on his home computer, federal authorities said.
Joseph R. Buckelew III pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton to one count of possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said.
Authorities, citing documents filed in the case and statements made during today’s proceeding, said Buckelew admitted that on Aug. 3, 2010, he possessed more than 600 images of child pornography on a computer at his residence.
As part of his guilty plea, authorities said, Buckelew agreed to forfeit the computer he had used to commit the offense. He will also be required to register as a sex offender, authorities said.
When Buckelew was arrested, federal authorities said he worked in the East Brunswick Library youth section and posed on the Internet as a 19-year-old woman to coax teenage boys into sending nude pictures of themselves.
At the time, the U.S. Attorney said Buckelew created a fictitious woman persona on the Internet to chat with boys ages 14 to 16. He induced the boys to send the nude photos to him, and he posted the pictures on a “peer-to-peer” file sharing computer software program, Fishman said.
A call to Buckelew’s defense attorney, John Whipple, was not immediately returned this evening.
The charge to which Buckelew pleaded guilty carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, authorities said. Sentencing is set for Dec. 19.
