NJ Deputy Attorney General Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material and AI-Generated Image Charges
Lower Makefield Township man and New Jersey Deputy Attorney General Brian Fitzgerald arrested after investigators say he used AI and social media to generate and share illicit images.
Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, a Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey, was arrested Oct. 15 in Lower Makefield Township and arraigned on three felony counts: possession of child sexual abuse material, dissemination of such material, and criminal use of a communication facility. Bucks County detectives and Lower Makefield Police say they found prompts, scripts and chat logs showing he used an AI program and a Discord account (username thegentlemanpervert_2160_07833) to create and share illicit images, and that he also shared material depicting real children; bail was set at $2 million (10%). A preliminary hearing is scheduled for later this month.