Frank C. Intersimone, 39, of Stanhope, Sussex County, was sentenced to a 16-year extended prison term on Sept. 5 for attempting to solicit a minor to engage in sexual acts.Intersimone was previously convicted in New York County, N.Y., on April 7, 2004, of attempted rape and two counts of disseminating indecent materials to minors.
He received a 10-year probationary sentence in that case, which also involved Intersimone soliciting an undercover officer, who also was posing online as a child, for sexual activity.
On Oct. 8, 2004, Intersimone was convicted in Sussex County, of endangering the welfare of a child after he was found to be in possession of images of child pornography. He received a two-year probationary sentence in that case.
Conditions of probation included Intersimone undergoing sex offender treatment, having no contact with minors and not using the Internet except for work-related purposes.
Intersimone, who will serve the sentence at the Avenel Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Middlesex County, will have to serve at least eight years before he becomes eligible for parole, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.
Intersimone was also ordered to register as a sexual offender upon his release from state prison and will also be subject to parole supervision for life.
Intersimone was convicted by a jury, on May 22, of second-degree attempted sexual assault, second-degree luring or enticing a child, and third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child, following a five-day trial.
Evidence presented during the trial revealed that Intersimone was arrested in Middletown, on Aug. 30, 2006, after he traveled there for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with someone who he believed was a 14-year-old girl. Intersimone's arrest followed a seven-week online investigation conducted by the Prosecutor's Office Computer Crimes Task Force.
During the investigation, Intersimone engaged an undercover Freehold Township Police Department officer assigned to the Computer Crimes Task Force in sexually explicit instant messages.
Intersimone also engaged a second undercover detective in a sexually explicit telephone conversation.
These communications culminated with Intersimone making arrangements to meet the officers' undercover persona, whom he believed to be a child, in Middletown for purposes of engaging in sexual activity.
The Computer Crimes Task Force is one of several county task forces organized and supervised by the Prosecutor's Office and comprised of local law enforcement officers who are temporarily on loan to the Prosecutor's Office.
The Prosecutor's Office benefits from the use of task forces in that it receives additional manpower at minimal additional expense to the county.
In turn, the local law enforcement agencies that lend officers to the task forces benefit because the local law enforcement officers return to their departments with specialized training and experience.
Other task forces organized and supervised by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office include the Narcotics and Organized Criminal Enterprise Task Force and the Bayshore Narcotics Task Force.
Ordinarily, upon conviction, the crimes of attempted sexual assault and luring or enticing a child each carry a maximum potential custodial term of up to 10 years imprisonment, and the crime of endangering the welfare of a child carries a maximum potential custodial term of up to five years imprisonment. However, because Intersimone was previously convicted of two or more crimes, he received an extended term of imprisonment, which resulted in the imposition of a 16-year sentence.
Intersimone was previously convicted in New York County, N.Y., on April 7, 2004, of attempted rape and two counts of disseminating indecent materials to minors.
He received a 10-year probationary sentence in that case, which also involved Intersimone soliciting an undercover officer, who also was posing online as a child, for sexual activity.
On Oct. 8, 2004, Intersimone was convicted in Sussex County, of endangering the welfare of a child after he was found to be in possession of images of child pornography. He received a two-year probationary sentence in that case.
Conditions of probation included Intersimone undergoing sex offender treatment, having no contact with minors and not using the Internet except for work-related purposes.
Kreizman also ordered that Intersimone serve his sentence at the Avenel Diagnostic and Treatment Center, New Jersey's prison for sex offenders. Under New Jersey law, only those found to be repetitive and compulsive sex offenders are eligible to receive such a sentence.
Prosecutor Luis A. Valentin said, "Through the good work of the Computer Crimes Task Force, a twice-convicted child predator has received a significant sentence that is more than appropriate given the gravity of the crimes that he committed and the risk that he posed to innocent children."
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