{"id":25974,"date":"2026-01-29T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=25974"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:13:53","slug":"brick-man-in-viral-video-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-child-sex-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2026\/01\/brick-man-in-viral-video-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-child-sex-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Man in Viral Video Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Sex Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25975\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Marc Fay (Photo: Ocean County Jail)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Marc Fay (Photo: Ocean County Jail)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25975\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25975\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Fay (Photo: Ocean County Jail)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY-400x248.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY-1536x954.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FAY-2048x1271.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc Fay (Photo: Ocean County Jail)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Brick Township man has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material following his arrest last year.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Fay, 42, had his electronic devices confiscated after he became a person of interest in an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office\u2019s High-Tech Crime Squad as well as Brick police in October 2025. A forensic examination of Fay\u2019s mobile phone was performed, which led to the discovery of a video depicting child sexual abuse material, the prosecutor\u2019s office announced Thursday. Fay was charged accordingly on October 16, 2025; he surrendered himself at Brick Township Police headquarters and was transported to the Ocean County Jail. He was subsequently released as a consequence of New Jersey bail reform policies.<\/p>\n<p>The case garnered a great deal of attention locally after a popular social media account presented a video with a man, later identified as Fay, being confronted by another man who accused him of lewd behavior involving minors. The investigation was launched after the video was published online and widely shared.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his sentencing, currently scheduled for March 27, 2026, prosecutors will be seeking a five-year term of probation with the condition that he has no unsupervised contact with minors and no internet access. The sentence will be handed down by Superior Court Judge Linda Baxter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2026\/01\/brick-man-in-viral-video-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-child-sex-images\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Brick Township man has pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material following his arrest last year. Marc Fay, 42, had his electronic devices confiscated after he became a person of interest in an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office\u2019s High-Tech Crime Squad as well as Brick police in October 2025. 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