TOMS RIVER, N.J. (WPVI) -- A former special police officer who admitted distributing child pornography is now headed to state prison.
Kevin Meier received a five-year sentence Wednesday. The 24-year-old Seaside Heights resident also must register as a sex offender and will be in lifetime probation.
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Meier was fired from his special police officer job in Seaside Heights when he was arrested in June 2015. That came after authorities searched his home after getting a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Meier had pleaded guilty in May to the child porn distribution charge after Ocean County prosecutors agreed to dismiss a count of possessing child porn.
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