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NJ Man Who Blamed Child Porn on Dead Son Gets 8 Years in Prison
FREEHOLD – A 74-year-old township man has been sentenced to a total of eight years in prison, after being convicted of owning and sharing child sexual abuse materials, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago confirmed.
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James Simmons was found guilty by a jury in July after a failed defense in which he testified that more than 100 videos of child sexual abuse in his possession had belonged to his late son.
His son had died before the 2017 sweep that netted the arrest of the retired computer scientist and 13 others for similar disturbing material.
On Friday, Simmons was sentenced in Monmouth County Superior Court to eight years on a second-degree charge of endangering the welfare of a child, distribution of child sexual abuse materials.
He received four years on a third-degree charge of endangering the welfare of a child, possession of child sexual abuse materials charge — but the terms would be served at the same time.
Simmons was also required to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and was subject to parole supervision for life.
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