Morris County man sentenced to 7 years in prison for distribution, possession of child pornography
WHARTON BOROUGH, NJ (Morris County) – A Morris County man was sentenced Monday to 84 months in prison for possessing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
Anselmo Girimonte, 53, of Wharton Borough previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals to an indictment charging him with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography, Sellinger said.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, from Dec. 27, 2021, through Jan. 17, 2022, Girimonte distributed material containing images and video files of child sexual abuse, via a publicly available online peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program. Law enforcement used undercover online sessions to access the P2P program and during these sessions a user shared multiple video files of adults sexually abusing prepubescent children from an internet protocol address traced to Girimonte’s residence.
During a March 2, 2022, search of Girimonte’s residence, law enforcement found over 100 images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, including images of prepubescent children being sexually abused, on Girimonte’s cell phone.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Neals sentenced Girimonte to 10 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $68,000 in restitution to the victims, Sellinger said.
