MEDFORD A Pine Valley Drive resident pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual assault material and will be sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey state prison, the prosecutor s office said Monday.
Stephen Gifford, 36, was arrested last year as part of the Burlington County Prosecutor s Office s Operation Safe Quarantine, an initiative that works to minimize child exploitation.
Gifford had reportedly shared over 1,000 graphic images and videos of children, the prosecutor s office said. The BCPO High-Tech Crimes unit seized several electronic devices from Gifford s home as part of a search warrant.
Gifford pleaded guilty on May 5. As part of his plea deal, Gifford will serve at least five years before becoming eligible for parole.
NJ student teacher among two child porn arrests, prosecutor says
Another two men have been arrested for child pornography, one of them a student teacher in Monmouth County, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced on Friday.
Matthew Natale, 22, of the Marlton section of Evesham, was charged on Tuesday with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child (two second degree, one third degree) and one count of tampering with evidence.
Authorities found that Natale was using email to trade images and videos of pre-pubescent boys, Coffina said.
Middletown Township Public School District ended his student teaching assignment at Middletown High School South after becoming aware of the charges and Natale can have no unsupervised contact with children, among conditions of his release from custody after a first court appearance.
Two More Pedophiles Arrested as Part of BurlCo Prosecutor s Operation Safe Quarantine II
By TAPINTO BORDENTOWN STAFF
March 5, 2021 at 4:56 PM
Matthew Natale, 22, of Evesham, has been arrested on charges involving child sexual abuse material as part of the Burlington County Prosecutor s Office s Operation Safe Quaratine II.
Matthew Natale, 22, of Evesham, has been arrested on charges involving child sexual abuse material .
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Robert Chestnut, 68, of Shamong, has been arrested on charges involving child sexual abuse material as part of the Burlington County Prosecutor s Office s Operation Safe Quaratine II.
Robert Chestnut, 68, of Shamong, has been arrested on charges involving child sexual abuse material .
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Among those rounded up in the second phase of “Operation Safe Quarantine”:
A 30-year-old youth pastor accused of blackmailing boys online into recording sexual videos of themselves;
A 40-year-old man charged with secretly recorded a nude underage girl;
And a 72 year-old man who had child sexual abuse material, including images of infants and toddlers, according to Coffina.
A 35-year-old suspect had arranged to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl in a park for a sexual encounter after sending lewd videos of himself to the teen, officials said, when in reality he was in contact with an undercover agent.