NEWARK, N.J. – John Schulenburg, a 68-year-old resident of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, was sentenced to a decade in prison on Thursday for possessing child pornography. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
Schulenburg had earlier admitted guilt via videoconference to U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez. U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti imposed the 120-month prison sentence in Newark federal court.
This is not Schulenburg’s first offense; he was previously convicted in 2013 in Somerset County for a similar crime.
In July 2019, an undercover officer, using a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, identified multiple files depicting child sexual abuse traced to Schulenburg’s residence. Law enforcement seized a computer from his home on November 6, 2019, which contained hundreds of abusive images and videos, including those of prepubescent children.
Besides prison, Judge Martinotti sentenced Schulenburg to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $58,000 in restitution.