NJ Woman Guilty of Molesting Girl, 5- Updated

(Trenton, New Jersey) Jennifer Mahoney, now 33, has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child. She faces a minimum of 15 years in federal prison when sentenced on August 22.

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NJ Woman Accused of Molestation
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(Trenton, New Jersey) A 32-year-old Manalapan woman, Jennifer Mahoney, has been accused of repeated sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl she babysat.

From graphic video she created and distributed, Mahoney faces federal charges of sexual exploitation of a child. At the state level, Mahoney faces charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Mahoney performed oral sex on the child on more than one occasion, the complaint said. It also said she "is … laughing during the video" and is "talking to another person over the internet via webcam."

Earlier in the video, which the complaint says goes on for four minutes and nine seconds, the girl is lying on her stomach, apparently asleep on a bed. Mahoney then kneels beside the child and sexually abuses her, the complaint said.

In another description, in which Mahoney is allegedly recording an iPhone video while the girl is in a bathtub, she tells the child to "lean over sweetheart so I can rinse you." The girl asks "like a mermaid?" and Mahoney says "like a mermaid, sweetheart," and sexual abuse ensues, according to the complaint.

The FBI searched Mahoney’s home on Dec. 13. That day, she told agents she had performed oral sex on the child on two occasions in August or September 2011, according to the complaint.

If convicted, Mahoney potentially faces decades in prison. A federal court appearance is scheduled for January 30.