New Yorker Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Lewd Images of Juveniles into New Jersey

Using computer to commit a crime in darkness.
Using computer to commit a crime in darkness.

TRENTON, N.J. – Jesus Modesto Sanchez, 31, of New York, has admitted to transporting multiple items depicting CASM images into New Jersey in a videoconference trial before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi.

According to the Department of Justice, in October 2020, Modesto Sanchez began communicating on a web-based application with an undercover officer, who he believed was a minor.

“On Oct. 17, 2020, Modesto Sanchez was arrested after traveling from New York to New Jersey to meet the minor. Law enforcement subsequently discovered a significant collection of child [censored]ography on Modesto Sanchez’s cellular telephone, including approximately 72 videos and one image depicting the sexual abuse of minors,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said in statement.