New Jersey Deputy Attorney General Charged with Using AI to Create and Distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material
Investigators say Brian Richard Fitzgerald used a Discord account and AI prompts to create illicit images, and he is being held on $2 million bail.
- On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, police arrested New Jersey Deputy Attorney General Brian Richard Fitzgerald at his Lower Makefield Township home, charging him with using artificial intelligence to create and share child sexual abuse material.
- The investigation began after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children forwarded a CyberTip regarding a Discord user sharing illicit images on July 10, 2026, which digital forensics linked to Fitzgerald's residence.
- Police executed a search warrant Thursday, recovering "prompts and scripts used to create artificially generated child sexual abuse material using an AI program," while also finding evidence of material depicting real children.
- Fitzgerald was arraigned Thursday and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on $2 million bail, with 10 percent required for release and a preliminary hearing scheduled for later this month.
- Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan stated his office will "pursue these cases aggressively," emphasizing "No one is above the law, least of all someone entrusted with upholding it" regarding the charges.
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New Jersey deputy attorney general charged with using AI to create and distribute child sexual abuse material
A New Jersey deputy attorney general has been charged with allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material and sharing it online, with investigators also reporting that they found explicit images depicting real children. Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, was arrested Thursday at his home in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where authorities say they uncovered digital evidence connected to the allege…
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