MAYS LANDING- A 40-year-old Margate man has been sentenced to New Jersey state prison on child pornography charges, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced.
Robert Ferry was sentenced by Judge Donna Taylor on Monday Jan. 24, to 15 years in New Jersey state prison. Ferry received a mandatory 10-year period of parole ineligibility, Megan's Law registration and parole supervision for life.
Ferry was charged on April 19, 2019, following a year-long investigation. The investigation involved a device originating from the IP address coming from his apartment that was sharing child pornography on a BitTorrent file sharing program. Ferry was found guilty Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, on child pornography charges by an Atlantic County jury, following two-day trial.
On approximately 10 occasions, between March 2018 and March 2019, Ferry's device shared items with a computer being utilized by the Department of Homeland Security. On each of those occasions, pictures and videos of children involved in sexual acts or situations were shared from Ferry's device with Department of Homeland Security's undercover computer program.
The case was investigated by the ACPO Computer Crimes Unit and the Department of Homeland Security. Assistant Prosecutor Dave Ruffenach represents the state in the matter.
