Matawan Man, A Teacher, Charged With Child Porn Distribution

MATAWAN, NJ — A Matawan man, who used to work as a teacher in Ocean County, is charged with distribution of child sexual abuse materials (child pornography), Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Friday.

Christopher A. Decesare, 31, is charged with one count of second-degree distribution of child sex abuse materials.

Decesare was arrested without incident on August 29 by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office and Matawan Police.

Up until this year, he was employed as the music teacher/orchestra director at Toms River Intermediate South School.

Detectives with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's High-Tech Bureau’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit started investigating Decesare in July 2024, after receiving a "cyber tip" from a social media platform from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Patch asked how social media platforms, websites and apps can tell when a file contains underage sex images, but a spokesman for the prosecutor said he could not answer that.

The prosecutor says Decesare had been distributing child sex abuse materials via social media to other users. Police say he also received similar images on his personal email account.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Anthony Lacher at 800-533-7443.