LAKEWOOD – A Lakewood man was one of 40 men arrested in “Operation Statewide,” a sweep of child pornography users and distributors by the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Anthony White, 31, faces up to six years in prison, including three years of parole ineligibility, for second-degree charges of distributing child pornography and attempting to manufacture child pornography. Upon release, he will have to register as a sex offender and be subject to lifelong parole supervision.
He will be sentenced May 8.
White admitted to making shareable files of child pornography on his computer. A forensic investigation of White’ computer after his July 20, 2016 arrest found 36,000 child pornography videos and images, “one of the largest collections of child pornography ever seized by law enforcement in New Jersey,” the state prosecutor’s office said.
Anyone with information about the exploitation of children should call the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Tipline at 888-648-6007.
