Who Is Michael Hamilton? Union County Teacher Arrested Over Exploiting Children
Per a press release from the US Department of Justice, Michael Hamilton, a teacher in Union County, has been charged with having content that includes videos and pictures of child sexual abuse.
Hamilton is being charged with several things, one of which is having child pornography on him. He is said to have sent sexual messages to a minor over the course of a few months earlier this year.
Michael Hamilton has already been to court. It was on October 13, 2023. There is a pretty big fine and up to 60 years in prison for the New Jersey teacher if she is found guilty.
Michael Hamilton allegedly exchanged illicit messages with a minor from February 2023 to July 2023
The 51-year-old man is currently facing several charges, including one count of producing, receiving, and having child pornography. This was confirmed by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
From February to July 2023, Hamilton is said to have sent sexually inappropriate messages to a minor.
The messages had several pictures and videos that “constituted child pornography depicting the minor victim,” according to a press release from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
Hamilton made his first court appearance on Friday, in Newark federal court before Magistrate Judge José R. Almonte.
The minimum sentence for child pornography is 15 years in prison and the maximum sentence is 30 years. There is also a $250,000 fine.
You could go to jail for at least 5 years and up to 20 years if you are found guilty of receiving child exploitation content. You could also be fined $250,000. The final charge of having material for child exploitation comes with a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
WPG Talk Radio says that the complaint about Michael Hamilton says that the victim is a 17-year-old girl.
The suspect also said that he met a 16-year-old in Roxbury while his house was being searched. Even though a video was found that showed the meeting happened in 2018, Hamilton said it happened around 10 years ago.
US Attorney Philip R. Sellinger’s office says that the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force of the FBI in Newark, which is led by Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy, looked into the case.
The newspaper said that the Springfield Police Department and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office were both involved in the investigation.
The public learned about this case through the Project Safe Childhood, which works to stop child sexual abuse and exploitation. The Justice Department started the plan back in 2006.
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