EDISON — A 58-year-old Edison man was sentenced to 7 years and 10 months in prison for distributing and possessing images of child sexual abuse, according to Acting United States Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick.
John Fricovsky previously pleaded guilty before United States District Judge John Michael Vazquez to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
The judge imposed the sentence of 94 months for Fricovsky on June 27 in Newark federal court.
Fricovsky, according to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, admitted that in February 2015 he sent an email attaching an image of child sexual abuse involving a child under the age of 12. He also admitted to, in December 2015, possessing computer devices containing at least 10, but fewer than 150, images of child sexual abuse.
In addition to the prison term, Fricovsky was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.
Fitzpatrick credited special agents with Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Brian Michael, with the investigation leading to the sentencing.
The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Alfonzo Walsman of
the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark. Lisa Mack, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark, represented Fricovsky.