Legislation enforcement officers in Ocean County, New Jersey, have introduced {that a} Matawan man has been sentenced to serve 5 years in jail after he plead to costs that discovered he secretly recorded girls — and a 16-year-old woman — with a digital camera hidden in a toilet of a residence in Brick Township, after which shared movies he created on-line.
On Jan. 3, 2025, 59-year-old Michael Mattina, of Matawan, was sentenced to serve 5 years in state jail, together with a 5 12 months interval of parole ineligibility, after he pleaded responsible to distribution of kid pornography in July of final 12 months. He was additionally sentenced to serve 4 years, concurrently, after pleading to costs of invasion of privateness.
In a press release on Mattina’s sentencing, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer stated an investigation discovered that Mattina secretly recorded six feminine victims — together with one 16-year-old woman — through the use of a digital camera hidden within the toilet of a residence in Brick Township.
Additionally, police discovered, Mattina had posted not less than two movies he created with the hidden digital camera on, what police officers known as, “adult websites.”
In August of 2020, legislation enforcement officers stated Mattina was charged with invasion of privateness and distribution of obscene supplies offenses. He was later charged with endangering the welfare of a kid, distributing baby pornography and associated offenses, officers stated.
Together with this sentence, officers stated that Mattina be need to register as a intercourse offender by way of Megan’s Legislation for the remainder of his life.
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