Mount Olive Man Sentenced to Four Years for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Jose A. Lousa, 62, will serve state prison term and face lifetime parole supervision under Megan’s Law after pleading guilty following a mistrial.

MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A Mount Olive man has been sentenced to four years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to second-degree possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) following an investigation that uncovered over 1,000 illicit files linked to a peer-to-peer file sharing network.

Jose A. Lousa, 62, was sentenced on September 5, 2025, by Superior Court Judge Ralph Amirata, who also presided over Lousa’s earlier jury trial, which ended in a mistrial on April 30 due to a hung jury. Lousa entered a guilty plea on May 12, 2025.

Upon completion of his prison sentence, Lousa will be required to register under Megan’s Law and will be subject to Parole Supervision for Life, a mandatory condition for certain sexual offenses in New Jersey.

Federal and Local Investigation Uncovered Extensive CSAM Collection

The investigation began when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Child Exploitation Group in Newark identified potential CSAM activity linked to a BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing network based in Morris County.

According to investigators, numerous media files depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of minors were found accessible for download via BitTorrent. The network activity was traced to Lousa’s residence in Mount Olive, where a subsequent investigation uncovered more than 1,000 items of CSAM.

The case was prosecuted by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office with support from a multi-agency task force that included:

• Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

• Homeland Security Investigations Newark – Child Exploitation Group

• New Jersey State Police

• Mount Olive Township Police Department

• Boonton Township Police Department

Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll expressed appreciation for the coordination between local, state, and federal agencies that led to the successful prosecution.

The case highlights ongoing efforts by law enforcement to detect and prosecute crimes involving the online exploitation of children, particularly through decentralized platforms such as BitTorrent that facilitate anonymous file sharing.