Legislation enforcement officers in Ocean County, New Jersey, have introduced {that a} Matawan man has been sentenced to serve 5 years in jail after he plead to prices that discovered he secretly recorded girls — and a 16-year-old woman — with a digicam hidden in a rest room of a residence in Brick Township, after which shared movies he created on-line.
On Jan. 3, 2025, 59-year-old Michael Mattina, of Matawan, was sentenced to serve 5 years in state jail, together with a 5 yr interval of parole ineligibility, after he pleaded responsible to distribution of kid pornography in July of final yr. He was additionally sentenced to serve 4 years, concurrently, after pleading to prices of invasion of privateness.
In a press release on Mattina’s sentencing, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer mentioned an investigation discovered that Mattina secretly recorded six feminine victims — together with one 16-year-old woman — by utilizing a digicam hidden within the rest room of a residence in Brick Township.
Additionally, police discovered, Mattina had posted at the least two movies he created with the hidden digicam on, what police officers known as, “adult websites.”
In August of 2020, regulation enforcement officers mentioned Mattina was charged with invasion of privateness and distribution of obscene supplies offenses. He was later charged with endangering the welfare of a kid, distributing youngster pornography and associated offenses, officers mentioned.
Together with this sentence, officers mentioned that Mattina be should register as a intercourse offender via Megan’s Legislation for the remainder of his life.
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