A Lower Makefield Township man was arrested and arraigned today on felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material following an investigation by Bucks County Detectives and the Lower Makefield Township Police Department.
Brian Richard Fitzgerald, 51, faces multiple felony counts after investigators uncovered that he utilized artificial intelligence to generate child sexual abuse material and disseminated the illicit content via social media platforms. The investigation also found he acquired child sexual abuse material depicting real children through another social media platform and shared that as well.
Fitzgerald is a Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
“No one is above the law, least of all someone entrusted with upholding it,” said District Attorney Joe Khan. “Our office will pursue these cases aggressively and hold offenders fully accountable, regardless of their profession or title.”
During the execution of a warrant at Fitzgerald's on October 15, 2026, law enforcement recovered prompts and scripts used to create artificially generated child sexual abuse material using an AI program. Investigators noted that chat logs recovered from Discord revealed Fitzgerald, who used the Discord username thegentlemanpervert_2160_07833, admitted to making multiple illicit images using artificial intelligence and sharing them with other users.
Fitzgerald was arrested at his this morning and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material, dissemination of photos or film of child sexual abuse materials, and criminal use of a communication facility. All three charges are felonies.
He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Corryn L. Kronnagel, who set bail at $2 million, 10 percent, and remanded him to Bucks County Correctional Facility.
A preliminary hearing is currently scheduled for later this month.
This case was investigated by Bucks County Detective Eric Landamia and Lower Makefield Detective Peter Lange.
Media : Manuel Gamiz Jr., 215.348.6298, [email protected] .
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