Belleville Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Offenses

A Belleville man pled guilty in federal court on August 21, 2012, to a three-count indictment charging him with enticement of a minor (count one), transfer of obscene matter to a minor (count two), and transportation of child pornography (count three), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.

Jack C. Baldwin, Jr., 46, faces a term in prison of not less than 10 years up to life, a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of five years to life on count one. On count two, Baldwin faces a term in prison of not more than 10 years, a fine up to $250,000, or both, and a term of supervised release of not more than three years. Finally, on count three, Baldwin faces a term in prison of not less than five years but not more than 20 years, and a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of five years to life. In addition, upon his release from prison, Baldwin must register as a sex offender as a condition of his supervised release. Sentencing is scheduled for December 3, 2012, in East St. Louis, Illinois. Baldwin has been detained, that is, held without bond, since his arraignment on July 2, 2012.

The violation charged in count one occurred between December 10 and December 13, 2011, when Baldwin persuaded an 11-year-old minor to send him pictures of his/her nude genitalia via a cellular telephone. The violation charged in count two occurred on December 10, 2011, when Baldwin sent the 11-year-old a close-up picture of his erect nude penis. Finally, the violation charged in count three occurred on December 13, 2011, when Baldwin, using a cellular telephone, sent the photo of the 11-year-old’s nude genitalia from his cell phone account to his e-mail account.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”

The case was investigated by the Royalton Police Department, the Belleville Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Metro East Cyber Crimes and Analysis Task Force. The case is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Angela Scott.

New Jersey Cop Authors

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added two police officers from New Jersey who have authored books: Steven L. Rogers and Michael Petrillo.

Lieutenant Steven L. Rogers is a 30-year veteran of the Nutley Police Department (New Jersey) and a 21-year veteran of the United States Navy Reserve, serving his country during the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the War on Global Terrorism. He is a former member of the FBI National Joint Terrorism Task Force, and presently serves as a police lieutenant on the Nutley Police Department. Lieutenant Stephen Rogers is the author of America’s Homeland Warriors; 21st Century Policing: Community Policing : A Guide for Police Officers and Citizens; and, Cops and God; Soldiers and God; Marines and God; and, Sailors and God.

According to the book description of America’s Homeland Warriors, “From Beirut and Baghdad to Los Angles and New York, the war on terrorism knows no boundaries. What is your police department doing to prevent a terrorist attack in your city? Do the police officers in your community know about the terrorist groups roaming your streets? Steven Rogers answers the above questions and explains what kind of terror is being spread by violent terrorist organizations worldwide and how these organizations plan to bring their terror to America. He shares with police officers how they are now part of a new joint war fighting force that will confront a new brand of “criminal warrior” never seen before on the streets of America.”

Michael A. Petrillo is a retired chief of police from the Belleville Police Department (New Jersey). He has co-authored several books with Daniel R. DelBagno, a retired Captain from an unknown law enforcement agency in New Jersey. Among the books they co-authored are The New Age Of Police Supervision And Management: A Behavioral Concept and The New Jersey Title 2C Quizzer: A Question and Answer Study Guide of the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice. They are also co-editors of the LearningExpress Police Sergeant Exam.

According to the book description of The New Age Of Police Supervision And Management: A Behavioral Concept “Packed with the authors’ 60 years of time-tested leadership expertise, this managerial gold mine is filled with the knowledge you need to accelerate your career and earn the supervisory positions you aspire to! Easy-to-understand and logically segmented for long-term retention, this guide leaves no stone unturned on the road to higher rank…from detailing the key traits of successful supervisors and understanding the complex world of human behavior to practical advice for gaining respect from the troops and handling difficult, real-world challenges within the ranks, from drugs to racial tension.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 654 police officers (representing 285 police departments) and their 1396 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.