A former officer with the N.J. Department of Corrections was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving explicit images of minor sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Stephen Salamak, 39, of Lodi, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to an indictment charging him with receipt of explicit images of minors. Judge McNulty imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:
Salamak used email to seek and obtain explicit images of minors, including images of prepubescent minors.
In addition to the prison term, Judge McNulty sentenced Salamak to 10 years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian Michael, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.