CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 252 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse and violating the conditions of his supervised release imposed in connection with a previous child pornography conviction, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

Barnaby Hewsen, 45, formerly of Pennsauken, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman to an information charging him with one count of distributing child pornography as well as a petition charging him with violating the conditions of federal supervised release by committing another crime while under supervision. Judge Hillman imposed the sentence Sept. 26, 2019, in Camden federal court.

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

In May 2017, Hewsen uploaded to a website three images that showed infants being sexually abused. On June 2, 2017, law enforcement officers conducted a search of Hewsen’s residence and discovered seven videos and 373 images on his computer, many of which depicted prepubescent children, some as young as newborns, being sexually abused and in some instances bound and assaulted. During the investigation that followed, officers also discovered stories on Hewsen’s computer that carefully detailed fantasies about kidnapping, molesting, and defiling young babies and infants. Some of the stories appeared to be authored by Hewsen himself. Hewsen took these actions while on federal supervised release for his previous federal conviction for possessing child pornography.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Hillman sentenced Hewsen to lifetime supervised release

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian A. Michael; and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gabriel J. Vidoni of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Camden.

Defense counsel: Richard Sparaco Esq., Cherry Hill, New Jersey