A school teacher has admitted to federal allegations that he received child sexual abuse files on two separate cell phones.
Jack Wilder, 27, of Somerville, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court on Monday to possession and receipt of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey said in a statement.
On Feb. 10, 2024, Wilder, a teacher at a charter school in Plainfield, communicated with a 16-year-old boy using a mobile payment application and told him he would pay him to engage in sexual activity, authorities said.
Detectives interviewed the boy on Oct. 1 and he told them that on an unspecified date, he was approached by Wilder in Jersey City and was offered $100 for sex, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Wilder invited the teen to his house that night at midnight, but the teen told detectives that he did not go to the home, the complaint said.
He also told police that he sent pictures of his genitals to Wilder in exchange for money, investigators said.
On July 23, 2024, Wilder returned to New York on an international flight and detectives searched his phone. They found a video depicting child sexual abuse and sexually explicit conversations between Wilder and other individuals who identified themselves as minors, federal prosecutors said.
After Wilder’s phone was seized, he obtained another cell phone and used it to receive additional files containing child sexual abuse, federal authorities said. He knowingly received child sexual abuse material on the second phone between July 29, 2024 and May 1, 2025, authorities said.
Wilder’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 26, 2026.
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