Hillsborough man arrested on child porn charges, prosecutor announces
HILLSBOROUGH – A township man has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.
Bernardino Gonzalez Lorenzana, 36, was arrested Nov. 7 after detectives of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, agents of the U.S Homeland Security Investigation Newark Field Office and members of the Hillsborough Township Police Department executed a search warrant at his home, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said.
Gonzalez Lorenzana is facing charges of second-degree distribution of child pornography and third-degree possession of child pornography. Second-degree crimes carry prison sentences of five to 10 years.
McDonald said the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force notified the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office through their data system of an apparent upload of images of child pornography.
An investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit determined Gonzalez Lorenzana was suspected of possessing images of child sexual abuse material and sharing it with another person, McDonald said.
Gonzalez Lorenzana was lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a Superior Court detention hearing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Computer Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Hillsborough Township Police Department at 908-369-4323 or via the STOPit app. Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.
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