A Middlesex County man who worked as an emergency medical technician and volunteer firefighter was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for enticing a minor to produce sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Officials say Zachary Motta, 24, of Iselin, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to an information charging him with one count of online enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. Judge Wolfson imposed the sentence today in Trenton federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Beginning in October 2016, Motta communicated with a boy who told Motta he was 12-years-old. Motta used a computer and internet connection to ask the victim to send a picture of himself unclothed, which he did.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Wolfson sentenced Motta to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $5,000 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act assessment.