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.
