Date: 04-11-2025

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United States of America v. Michael Kimmerle

Case Number: 24-Cr-719

Judge: Claire C. Cecchi

Court: The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Essex County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Newark

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Bergen County Man Sentenced To 86 Months In Prison For Distribution And Possession Of Child Pornography

A Bergen County, New Jersey, man indicted for distributing and possessing images of child sexual abuse.

Michael Kimmerle, 35, of New Milford, New Jersey previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From August 24, 2021, through August 7, 2022, Kimmerle distributed material containing video files of child sexual abuse, via a publicly available online peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program. Law enforcement used undercover online sessions to access the P2P program. During these sessions a user shared multiple video files of child sexual abuse from an Internet Protocol address traced to Kimmerle’s residence. During a September 14, 2022 search of Kimmerle’s residence, law enforcement found over 600 thumbnail images containing child pornography on Kimmerle’s laptop, including images derived from video files Kimmerle previously distributed through the P2P file-sharing program.

U.S. Attorney Habba credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Newark, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel, with the investigation leading to sentencing.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Chelsea D. Coleman of the Opioid Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Unit in Newark.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit: https://www.justice.gov/psc.

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Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 86 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $59,500 in restitution to the victims.

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