New Jersey Deputy Attorney General Arrested for Creating AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

Law Enforcement Official Charged with Creating AI CSAM

Brian Richard Fitzgerald, a 51-year-old New Jersey deputy attorney general, was arrested on felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material (AI CSAM), Bucks County Detectives announced Thursday1

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. The arrest marks a rare case where a law enforcement official employed by the state's top legal office has been accused of using AI to generate child porn and distribute it across social media platforms2

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Fitzgerald faces multiple charges including possession of AI CSAM, dissemination of photos or film of child sexual abuse material, and criminal use of a communication facility. According to investigators, he allegedly used AI technology to transform social media photos of real minors into sexualized images, which he then shared on Discord under the username "thegentlemanpervert_2160_07833"1

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Investigation Triggered by Discord Tip

The investigation began after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a tip on July 10, 2026, that a Discord user had shared an illicit image2

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. Using digital forensics and subscriber records linked to the Discord account and associated Internet protocol addresses, investigators traced the activity to Fitzgerald's residence on Edgewood Road in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County1

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During a search warrant execution Thursday at Fitzgerald's home, police recovered AI prompts and scripts used to create artificially generated child sexual abuse material using an AI program. Chat logs recovered from Discord revealed that Fitzgerald admitted to making multiple illicit images using artificial intelligence and sharing them with other users2

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Prosecutor Faces Prosecution

Fitzgerald had served as New Jersey deputy attorney general since 2016, preparing insurance fraud and insurance licensee cases for trial as a state prosecutor, according to his LinkedIn profile1

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. The irony of his position was not lost on Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan, who stated: "No one is above the law, least of all someone entrusted with upholding it. Our office will pursue these cases aggressively and hold offenders fully accountable, regardless of their profession or title"2

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Fitzgerald was arraigned Thursday and taken to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, where his bail was set at $2 million. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for later in October2

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Growing Crackdown on Misuse of AI Technology

This arrest reflects law enforcement's intensifying focus on AI-generated child sexual abuse material. U.S. authorities have vowed to crack down on AI CSAM since at least 2024, when the Department of Justice made one of the earliest arrests, charging a Wisconsin man with spreading thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors across Telegram and Instagram. The DOJ clarified to law enforcement that "CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM"1

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Similar cases have emerged involving law enforcement officials. Earlier this year, a Pennsylvania cop was arrested for making AI porn from photos on driver's licenses, and more recently in Korea, a police officer was arrested for making AI porn, including child sexual abuse material, The Korea Times reported1

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. These cases underscore the challenges authorities face as AI tools become more accessible and sophisticated, enabling the creation of increasingly realistic illegal content that victimizes real children whose images are manipulated without consent.