Jackson Man Sentenced To 5 Years For Child Porn Distribution

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A Jackson man has been sentenced to five years in prison for distribution of child pornography.

Matthew Wolny, 43, was also sentenced to a five-year period of parole and will be required to register as a Megan's Law offender when he is released from prison.

Wolny pled guilty to distribution of child pornography in November 2018. Sentencing was delayed because he was also sentenced on related federal charges involving child pornography.

In 2013, investigators determined Wolny had been distributing child pornography through a file sharing application on his computer. In September 2013, officials served a search warrant at Wolny's home and seized computer equipment that contained evidence of child pornography distribution, according to officials.

Detective located multiple videos from the YMCA in Toms River where Wolny had hidden a camera in a bathroom and videotaped multiple people changing and showering. The investigation also revealed that he had videotaped students in Maryland during a class trip when he was a youth band leader and IT director for the Howell Township school system.

In 2019, Wolny was sentenced to eight years in federal prison on the charge of receiving child pornography. He is currently serving that sentence in a federal correctional facility in Mississippi. His sentence for the distribution of child pornography will run concurrent with his federal sentence.