TRENTON, N.J. – A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was
sentenced today to 84 months in prison for interstate travel to engage in
sexual activity with a minor and receipt of images of child sexual abuse, U.S.
Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Stephen Bradley Mell, 53, of Far Hills, New Jersey, pleaded
guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in Trenton federal court
to an information charging him with one count of interstate travel to engage in
illicit sexual conduct and one count of receipt of child pornography.
According to documents filed in this case and statements in
court:
From July 2017 through December 2017, Mell knowingly traveled
in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in the production of child
pornography and sexual acts with a minor who he knew to be less than 17 years
of age. Mell also admitted knowingly receiving child pornography in interstate
commerce during the same period.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Martinotti sentenced
Mell to five years of supervised release, fined him $40,000 and ordered him to
pay restitution of $35,200 and a Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act
assessment of $5,000.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents with the
FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie, with the
investigation leading to today’s sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Danielle Alfonzo Walsman, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Public Protection
Unit.
Defense counsel: Robert Bianchi Esq., West Caldwell, New
Jersey; David Bruno Esq., West Caldwell; Michael Koribanics Esq., Clifton, New
Jersey; and John Whipple, Morristown, New Jersey
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