Child porn charge gets South Plainfield ex-cop 20 years in prison



Sergio Bichao

SOUTH PLAINFIELD – A former borough police captain was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison after admitting that he asked an underage girl to perform on an online sex cam in exchange for gifts.
Michael Grennier, 52, a borough resident, was retired from the police force at the time that authorities said he commited the crime in February 2013.
Federal authorities charged him with one count of production of child pornography several days after he communicated with the girl over text messages and watched her via his home copmuter as he instructed her on what to do.
Grennier admitted during his guilty plea proceeding that he promised to buy the girl clothes in exchange for her performance.
Grennier has been in jail since he was charged, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said in a prepared statement Friday.
U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson also sentenced him to lifetime supervised release and he will be required to register as a sex offender on public databases.