Former Dover Police Officer Sentenced For A Child Pornography Offense

Friday, October 24, 2025, 1:45 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Rnglebrook Independent News,

DOVER, NJ.- Last Friday, a 37-year-old Ledgewood, New Jersey, man, formerly employed as a Dover Police Officer, learned he will be spending the next four years in New Jersey State Prison, after being sentenced for distributing digital images and video files depicting the sexual exploitation and abuse of children.

     According to Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, on June 16, 2025, Anthony Kelly, 37, of Ledgewood, New Jersey, appeared before Morris County Superior Court Judge Ralph Amirata and pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree Distribution of Child Pornography. On Friday, October 17, 2025, Kelly appeared in Morris County Superior Court and was sentenced by Judge Amirata to 4 years in State Prison.

Kelly, Upon His Release From Prsion Will Be Required To Register As A Sex Offender

     In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Amirata ordered Kelly to be subject to parole supervision for life, and upon release from prison, to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law registration requirements.

     The guilty plea and sentence stem from an investigation that began when the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received six CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding an individual within the Morris County, New Jersey, area who was utilizing a Kik Instant Messaging account to distribute more than 100 digital media files containing child pornography.

     During the investigation, Investigators identified Kelly as the individual who, between July 2024 and October 2024, utilized the Kik Instant Messaging application account to share media files containing child pornography. Kelly was subsequently arrested on November 26, 2024, and formally charged.