Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a Union County man was sentenced to state prison today for distributing Explicit Images of Minors on the internet.
Oliver P. Becerra De La Cruz, 38, of Summit, was sentenced to five years in state prison, including 25 months of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge William A. Daniel in Union County.
He pleaded guilty on Jan. 19 to second-degree distribution of Explicit Images of Minors. He will be required to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and will be subject to parole supervision for life.
In pleading guilty, De La Cruz admitted that he knowingly used internet file-sharing software to make files containing Explicit Images of Minors readily available for any other user to download from a designated “shared folder” on his computer. Numerous videos of Explicit Images of Minors, including child rape videos, were found on his computer.
In April and May 2016, detectives from the Division of Criminal Justice were investigating individuals using file-sharing software to share Explicit Images of Minors on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network on the internet when they identified a computer that was being used to share Explicit Images of Minors. A detective downloaded a video of a prepubescent girl being raped by an adult male from a shared folder at the IP address, which was traced to De La Cruz’s residence in Summit.
On May 25, 2016, detectives from the Division of Criminal Justice executed a search warrant at the residence, where they arrested De La Cruz and seized computer equipment, including a laptop computer. A forensic preview of the laptop revealed approximately 64 files of suspected Explicit Images of Minors in a shared folder set up by De La Cruz.
Attorney General Porrino and Director Honig urged anyone with information about the distribution of Explicit Images of Minors on the internet – or about suspected improper contact by unknown persons communicating with children online or possible exploitation or sexual abuse of children – to please contact the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force tip line at 888-648-6007.