A 41-year-old New Jersey man who was working as an information technology technician for a high school when he was charged with downloading child pornography from the internet has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

Matthew Wolny, of Egg Harbor Township, will be subject to 10 years of supervised release after completing his stay in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said.

Wolny, a former information technology technician for the Howell school district, was first arrested in September 2013 when investigators searched his then-home in Jackson and found evidence he was actively manufacturing, trading and possessing thousands of digital pornographic files including graphic pictures and movies, authorities said at the time.

A former volunteer assistant band director for Brick Memorial High School, Wolny was later found to have recorded children in a locker room at a YMCA in Ocean County by hiding a camera in his gym bag.

He pleaded guilty in November 2018 to one count of receiving child pornography after federal authorities took the case.

Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman.

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