NEWARK, N.J. — A 55-year-old Lodi man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced Wednesday.
Corey Hipscher pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an information charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
Martini also ordered Hipscher to serve 15 years of supervised release after his prison term.
From 2020 to August 2023, Hipscher used a social media platform to communicate with a minor who lived outside the United States and encouraged the child to send sexually explicit images and videos, according to court documents and statements made in court.
Prosecutors said Hipscher also began an online romantic relationship with the child’s mother and used it to arrange for the family to visit him in New Jersey. During that visit, he sexually assaulted the child and took sexually explicit photos of the child and a sibling, according to the court record.
The investigation was led by FBI Newark’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, under Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy. Frazer also thanked the Lodi Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
The case was brought under Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Justice Department initiative launched in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. The program, led by U.S. attorneys’ offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, coordinates federal, state and local efforts to find and prosecute people who exploit children and to identify and rescue victims.
Frazer’s office said it is also offering prevention training and resources to New Jersey families and community groups. Organizations interested in prevention programming can contact the office at USANJ.CommunityOutreach@usdoj.gov.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Nadel of the office’s Cybercrime Unit in Newark prosecuted the case. Hipscher was represented by attorney Anthony Pope.
This report is based on information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office press release
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