2 Berkeley Men Had Child Porn In Their House: Prosecutor

BERKELEY, NJ — Two men were charged with possession of child pornography after an investigation led to it being discovered at their shared Berkeley home, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.

Keenan Black, 32, was charged on Jan. 28 and it was followed by Daniel Bailey, 20, being charged on Jan. 20 after investigators discovered both men, who lived at the same house, were in possession of child pornography, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

The investigation began when the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual was sending/receiving images of child pornography from the internet, Billhimer said.

Investigators identified an IP address associated with a home in Berkeley that was the location the individual, identified as Black, was accessing images of child sexual abuse on the internet, Billhimer said.

A court-authorized search warrant was executed on Black's home on Jan. 28 and an initial exam of his electronics found several images of child sexual abuse, Billhimer said. He was taken to Ocean County Jail where he remains pending a detention hearing.

Further investigation found that his housemate, Bailey, was also in possession of child sexual abuse images, Billhimer said. Bailey was charged on Jan. 30 and also remains in Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.