Samuel Schwinger, 34, of Lakewood, was on probation in
connection with a previous conviction, prosecutors said. (Via Ocean
County Prosecutor's Office) LAKEWOOD, NJ — A registered sex offender living in Lakewood
has been charged with creating and distributing child pornography
following an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
Samuel
Schwinger, 34, of Lakewood, was arrested Friday, Prosecutor Bradley
Billhimer said. Schwinger was arrested following an investigation that
started in Oklahoma after the parents of a young girl contacted the
Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Department saying their daughter had been
contacted by someone in New Jersey posing as a young girl asking her to
send explicit videos of herself.
Oklahoma authorities traced the
request to a phone number and account registered to Schwinger, Billhimer
said. A search warrant was obtained and executed Friday evening at
Schwinger's residence in Lakewood, he said.
Schwinger was serving 10
years probation in connection with a sexual assault in New York Billhimer said, and following the investigation was charged with
possession of marijuana along with production of images/videos of
children under the age of 16 engaged in prohibited sexual acts,
distribution of images/videos of children under the age of 16 engaged in
prohibited sexual acts, and possession of of images/videos of children
under the age of 16 engaged in prohibited sexual acts.
Schwinger is being held at the Ocean County Jail, the prosecutor's office said.
"Prosecutor
Billhimer would like to thank the swift work of the Pottawatomie County
Sheriff's Department, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Computer Crimes
Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Megan's Law Unit, Lakewood Police
Department, New Jersey State Police and United States Department of
Homeland Security Investigations," the prosecutor's office said.
