WARETOWN – A local man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and is now registered as a Megan’s Law Offender.
Back in January of 2019, an investigation held by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit discovered that an IP Address that belonged to Michael Delia, 42 was being used to download Child Pornography from the internet through a peer to peer file sharing application.
Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, and Ocean Township Police Department performed a search warrant on Delia’s home in Waretown on March 5 of 2019. This resulted in detectives taking a laptop computer, cell phone and other electronic equipment that belonged to Delia.
After a forensic examination of the laptop computer, it was found that it held more than 1,000 but less than 10,000 images of child pornography. As a result, Delia was arrested without incident and transported to the Ocean County Jail.
Delia pled guilty to Endangering the Welfare of a Child by Possessing Child Pornography. Delia is subjected to four years in New Jersey State Prison and will also be subject to Parole Supervision for Life.
