NEWARK, N.J. – A former Warren County, New Jersey, man was
sentenced today to 168 months of prison for receiving and possessing images of
child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Derrick Baer, 36, formerly of Pohatcong, New Jersey, was
convicted April 9, 2019, of one count of receiving child pornography and one
count of possessing child pornography following a six-day trial before U.S.
District Judge Claire C. Cecchi, who imposed the sentence today in Newark
federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and the evidence
at trial:
In May 2010, in connection with an investigation into a
suspicious death at Baer’s residence, law enforcement obtained Baer’s consent
to seize computer equipment from the residence. That equipment contained at
least 348 images and 33 video files of child sexual abuse.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Cecchi sentenced Baer
to lifetime supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI’s
Child Exploitation Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge
Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark; the Pohatcong Township Police Department, under the
direction of Chief Scott Robb; the N.J. Regional Computer Forensics Lab; and
the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor
Richard T. Burke, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney
David W. Feder, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit in
Newark.
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