A former substitute teacher in the Newark NJ school system has been sentenced to five (5) years in state prison for sharing images of child pornography.
Earlier this year, 33-year-old East Orange NJ resident Tray Barnard pleaded guilty todistributing child pornography. Under the terms of a plea deal reached with Essex County prosecutors, Mr. Barnard will be required to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
According to prosecutors, Mr. Barnard distributed images of prepubescent females and adult men through file-sharing computer software.
After an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit, Mr. Barnard was arrested and charged with distributing child pornography and endangering the welfare of a child.
Following sentencing, an assistant prosecutor with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said that the office will “aggressively investigate and prosecute” people who distribute sexual images of young children.
For more information, read the NJ.com article entitled “Former Newark Schools Substitute Teacher Sentenced to Five Years for Distributing Child Pornography.”
