Ex-Military Camp Leader Pleads Guilty To Kiddie Porn

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:23 p.m. EST, January 14, 2011
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (WPIX)—
The former head of a faith-based military academy for children in New Jersey has pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge.

Steven Baryla, a 28-year-old Toms River resident, faces a mandatory penalty of five years in prison and a maximum possible term of 20 years.

He entered his plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Trenton to a charge of transporting child pornography over the Internet. He will be sentenced May 10.

Baryla ran the Cedar Bridge Military Academy in Toms River, which admitted children ages 11 to 17.

The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office began investigating the case after a tip from someone who had been in e-mail contact with Baryla.