Nutley Fire Chief Henry Meola Arrested For Child Luring In North Bergen: Prosecutor

A Nutley volunteer fire chief who admitted on camera he tried meeting a teen boy for sex has been charged with child luring, officials announced.

Cecilia Levine

12/16/2022 12:20 p.m.

Henry Meola, 33, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 16, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office and North Bergen Police Department announced.

The 14-year-old boy Meola thought he was chatting with online turned out to be self-proclaimed predator catchers OBL Nation, he discovered when he was greeted by them on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

OBL had Meola admit his intentions on camera

“I wanted to meet someone to potentially have some form of something sexual,” Meola can be heard saying in the OBL Nation video, posted to Instagram on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Authorities in Hudson County were expected to release more information in the near future.

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