CAMDEN — A former Pennsville police officer has been
sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to obstructing the FBI’s
investigation of his alleged possession of child pornography.
Robert Waterman, a 32-year-old Wrightstown resident, was
sentenced Friday in Camden to a 15-month prison term.
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said the FBI began a criminal
investigation of Waterman in March 2010.
After he was interviewed by federal agents, Waterman removed
a computer hard drive from his garage and later destroyed it while in his
patrol car at police headquarters.
He admitted doing that in a bid to impede the FBI’s
investigation.