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Operation Safe Quarantine took place during the COVD-19 pandemic when many children stayed indoors on cellphones and computers, Coffina said.
The year-long sting included federal, state and local detectives. Investigators.
They tracked down and arrested a total of 46 online predators including those possessing or sharing child pornography, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.
Newly charged with endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said, are:
- Erbin Isreal, 32, of Willingboro;
- Evan Seif, 25, of Palmyra;
- Alexander J. Bates, 19, of Mount Laurel;
- Mitchell Goroway, 22, of Mount Laurel;
- Luis Fernandez-Whipple, 54, of Moorestown;
- Colin Doty, 29, of Evesham;
- Robert Abramson, 22, of Mount Laurel;
- Lewis Roberts, 26, of Evesham; and
- Ryan Christopher, 20, of Palmyra.
"We will continue to investigate. . . as aggressively as we have always done,” Coffina said in a statement.
Click here and click here for previous arrests announced in the operation.
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