Toms River man pleads guilty to child pornography charges

    A former youth camp leader in Toms River, NJ, has pleaded guilty to charges of transporting child pornography over the Internet. Steven T. Baryla, who led the private nonprofit Cedar Bridge Military Academy, faces five to 20 years in prison.
    Baryla admitted to the 2009 charges in Trenton federal court to U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano. He now faces a fine of up to $250,000 and has forfeited his computers and external hard drives used to transport the materials. Sentencing is set for May 10.

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