Bergen County Man Sentenced to 20 Years’ Imprisonment for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography

NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey man was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for receipt and possession of multiple images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.

Corey Hipscher, 55, of Lodi, New Jersey previously pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. district Judge Wiliam J. Martini in Newark federal court to an Information charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography.

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

From 2020 to August 2023, Hipscher communicated with a minor victim located outside of the United States using a social media platform. Hipscher encouraged the minor victim to send Hipscher images and videos of the minor victim engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Hipscher also began an online romantic relationship with the minor victim's mother which he used to arrange for the minor victim and the minor victim's family to visit him in New Jersey. During the visit, he sexually assaulted the minor victim and took sexually explicit photos of the minor victim and the minor victim's sibling.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Martini sentenced Hipscher to 15 years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Frazer credited FBI Newark's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy in Newark, with the investigation leading to the charges. U.S. Attorney Frazer also thanked the Lodi Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

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 www.projectsafechildhood.govLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link.

U.S. Attorney Frazer has announced proactive steps to connect with New Jersey's families and communities, bringing training opportunities and resources through direct outreach. Organizations and community members interested in arranging prevention programming or learning more about available resources can contact the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey at [email protected]. Moreover, prevention resources are available through the Department of Justice's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Prevention webpage and the Department of Homeland Security's Know2Protect Campaign.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Nadel of the Cybercrime Unit in Newark.

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Defense counsel: Anthony Pope, Esq.