Monroe Man Faces 5 Yrs NJSP for Exhibiting Child Porn

PRESS RELEASE
September 9, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO

Ian M. Rowand (DOB 5/24/70) of 26 Library St., Williamstown pleaded guilty today (9/9) to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, admitting that he had nude pictures of children on his home computer that were capable of being accessed by others.

In fact, that is what a Monroe Township police detective did in the course of an investigation on April 15, 2010.

As a result of his plea, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph Brook will recommend that Rowand be sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison and be subject to the conditions and restrictions of Megan’s Law for sex offenders. He must also pay $1,800 in fines that fund sex offender treatment and sexual assault nurse examiner services. Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson scheduled sentencing for Nov. 4.

Rowand, who has been in jail since his 6/22/10 arrest, was initially hesitant to plead guilty. His attorney said his client wanted more time to consider the matter. AP Brook pointed out that he’d handled a similar endangering case against Rowand in 2007 that resulted in a three-year prison sentence, and the defendant had another endangering conviction in 2005 that put him in jail for 364 days. Those convictions make Rowand eligible for an extended prison term of 10 to 20 years as a persistent offender if he refused to plead guilty and was convicted in a trial, Brook said. With that, Rowan entered his plea.