Custodian Randy Hull of South Toms River was suspended immediately after his arrest, according to a report
LONG BRANCH -- A school custodian in Long Branch charged with possession and distribution of child pornography in a massive statewide sting has been suspended and banned from school property, according to a report.
Randy HullRandy Hull, 43, of South Toms River, was arrested Aug. 10 as part of a roundup of 40 men charged in a statewide child pornography sting, authorities announced on Thursday.
Long Branch school superintendent Michael Salvatore told APP.com that Hull was immediately suspended but Salvatore did not say whether Hull would continue to collect his salary. He told the news outlet that word of Hull's arrest was "upsetting and disturbing" and that the district is cooperating with authorities.
The six-month investigation, dubbed "Operation Statewide," tracked images of the sexual exploitation of minors circulating on Internet file-sharing networks to individual IP addresses. That led police to the home addresses of suspects in each of the state's 21 counties, authorities have said.
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