BAYONNE – Erik Vanderbeck, 49, of Bayonne was sentenced to 22 years in prison on September 12 for production and distribution of child pornography, according to a release from the U.S. District Attorney. The release reported that Vanderbeck posed as both a teenage boy and a teenage girl online to solicit underage females to produce images of themselves. He met various underage girls in internet chat rooms, soliciting nude images and threatening to post them online unless they provided more, according to the U.S. District Attorney.
According to a local newspaper in Missouri, Vanderbeck was caught when he allegedly sent one of his victims, a 14-year old girl in Owensville, Missouri, a sex toy with his name and address allegedly on the package in November of 2013. According to the U.S. District Attorney, Vanderbeck was convicted of two counts of production of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
According to the U.S. District Attorney, when searching Vanderbeck’s home on July 22, 2014, officers recovered digital child pornography stored on his computer. Several of his victims said they produced images of child sexual abuse out of fear and in response to his threats, according to the release.
In addition to the prison term, Vanderbeck was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.
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