The woman took sexual photos and videos of the child and sold them for money
TRENTON -- A Ewing woman who videotaped herself performing sex acts on a 4-year-old relative and sold that footage was sentenced to 25 years behind bars Friday.
Pamela Dziminski, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault last year after authorities discovered the videos online.
Mercer County Superior Court Judge Anthony Massi handed down the sentence after Mercer County prosecutors read a statement from Dziminski's parents.
In the statement the parents said they were in a "state of shock" following the allegations.
Pamela Dziminski In summarizing the case during sentencing, Massi said after the videos were found online, Dziminski admitted she had performed sexual acts on the child and taped them on her cell phone.
She sent the videos to three people in exchange for money, Massi said.
In addition to the videos, Dziminski took nude photos of the 4-year-old and nude photos of herself with the child, Massi said in court.
"The child was very young. He had no control over the situation," Massi added.
The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office started investigating Dziminski after they were contacted by the state's Division of Child Protection and Permanency.
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Dziminski's parents, in the letter, said the child doesn't remember anything regarding the assault.
The statement also addressed Dziminski's mental health history.
Her parents said they didn't know about the "double" life she was living and that she was very depressed. Her parents also said in the letter they thought their daughter was coerced into taking the video.
Dziminski's attorney Nicole Carlo said her client has no prior criminal history and there were other circumstances that affected her behavior. But Massi eventually sided with prosecutors' suggestion of a 25-year prison term, noting the gravity of the crime.
Dziminski will have to serve 20 years in prison before she is eligible for parole.
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