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Local NJ Police Sergeant Took Child Porn Images From Investigation For Himself: AG Local NJ Police Sergeant Took Child Porn Images From Investigation For Himself: AG
Local NJ Police Sergeant Took Child Porn Images From Investigation For Himself: AG A local South Jersey police sergeant cherry-picked child porn images for himself from a case that his department was investigating, a grand jury indictment charges. Suspended Vineland Police Officer Christopher Ortiz, 39, of Estell Manor "requested from a subordinate and obtained via email" at least 17 images from a child pornography investigation for unauthorized use, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. All told, investigators found that Ortiz "possessed, viewed, or had under his control at least 100 items depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of children," the attorney …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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North Bergen Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn: Prosecutor North Bergen Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn: Prosecutor
North Bergen Man Charged With Collecting Child Porn: Prosecutor A 25-year-old North Bergen man was caught collecting pornographic images of children, authorities said. Nicholas Sanchez, 25, was taken into custody by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force following an investigation, they said. He's charged with child endangerment through the possession of sex abuse material, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A tip last December led task force members to an account controlled by the defendant on an online server that Suarez said contained “child sex abuse material.” She didn't say whether …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fire Captain Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Fire Station: Prosecutor Fire Captain Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Fire Station: Prosecutor
Fire Captain Uploaded Child Porn At Morris County Fire Station: Prosecutor A fire department captain in Netcong was arrested for distributing child pornography, authorities announced Tuesday, Jan 10. James T. Hess, 49, of Landing, was charged with second- and third-degree child endangerment for distribution and possession of child sexual abuse materials, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a joint release. Investigators — tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children — say Hess viewed and uploaded the videos on the Internet-based chat app Kik while at the Netcong Volunteer Fire Department, where he is a captain. He also w…

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by Valerie Musson
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Child Porn Seized From Central Jersey Man: Prosecutor Child Porn Seized From Central Jersey Man: Prosecutor
Child Porn Seized From Central Jersey Man: Prosecutor A 36-year-old Somerset County man has been arrested on accusations he had and shared child pornography, authorities said. A search warrant executed at Bernardino Gonzalez Lorenzana's Robin Road home in Hillsborough Monday, Nov. 7 found "numerous files depicting the sexual exploitation and/or abuse of children," Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, agents from of U.S Homeland Security Investigation – Newark Field Office and members of the Hillsborough Township Police Department had been acting on a tip from&…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Union City Man Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor Union City Man Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor
Union City Man Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor A Union City man was arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. An investigation was launched into Mario Lopez Esquit, 25, on Dec. 9, when the authorities were notified of a report of possible child exploitation material being shared on social media, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Lopez Esquit was identified as the individual associated with the distribution of the child sex abuse materials via his social media accounts, Suarez said. Lopez Esquit was arrested on a warrant charging him with Endangering the Welfare of a Child for Knowingly Distributing Videos o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old
Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old A 24-year-old man traveled 2,500 miles from his home in the Pacific Northwest to have sex with a 14-year-old Glen Rock child, police said. Devin C. Curtis was arrested by police in Clarkston, WA, on Tuesday and waived extradition to New Jersey to face charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The FBI and law enforcement agencies in both Clarkston and Moscow, Idaho assisted after the child's parents told borough detectives of an "online relationship their child was having with an individual that they believed was a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring
Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring Authorities raided the home of a Paterson auto mechanic accused of operating a child porn trafficking ring. A judge on Tuesday ordered that Delbin Almando Noesi Gonzalez, 39, remain held in the Passaic County Jail pending further court action following his arrest last week. Members of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force seized several devices during a raid of Noesi Gonzalez's home -- among them, a cellphone containing child porn videos and images, the sheriff said. Noesi Gonzalez used Facebook to distribute images of nude children -- fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Sex Offender Shared 100 Child Porn Images Over Instagram, Prosecutor Says Jersey City Sex Offender Shared 100 Child Porn Images Over Instagram, Prosecutor Says
Jersey City Sex Offender Shared 100 Child Porn Images Over Instagram, Prosecutor Says A 48-year-old Jersey City registered sex offender was arrested on child porn charges, authorities announced. Thomas Gaughran had distributed approximately 100 images of child sex abuse material through Instagram’s direct messenger, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Local authorities launched an investigation following a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) on March 11. Gaughran was arrested without incident on Tonnelle Avenue on Friday, July 16, on charges of endangering the welfare of children by distributing child sex abuse material and endangering t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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West Milford Man, Underage NY Boy Exchanged Sexual Videos, Photos, Indictment Charges West Milford Man, Underage NY Boy Exchanged Sexual Videos, Photos, Indictment Charges
West Milford Man, Underage NY Boy Exchanged Sexual Videos, Photos, Indictment Charges A Passaic County man who’s been jailed since last summer was indicted by a grand jury that said he exchanged sexually explicit videos and photos with a boy as he pursued an in-person meeting, authorities announced Thursday. New York State Police alerted detectives from Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to Tekanand V. Singh, 29, of West Milford after they said they learned that he’d been communicating with the boy online. “During the course of their exchange, [Singh] directed the victim to send him sexually explicit images and videos,” Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator RECOGNIZE HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator
Recognize HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator Authorities were trying to determine whether there were other victims of a Passaic County man who’s been jailed since last summer for having an underage boy send him sex videos and photos. Detectives from Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were already familiar with Tekanand V. Singh, 29, of West Milford, who's remained jailed since they first arrested him last July. They recently learned from police in Boerne, Texas that another minor “met Singh on the internet and utilized a messaging application to communicate with him,” Berdnik said. Du…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel
Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel A 43-year-old hospital janitor has been arrested for arranging to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in a Burlington County motel, authorities said. John Emilio of Staten Island pleaded guilty on Dec. 23 to attempted endangering the welfare of children in exchange for a three-year sentence in state prison, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.  Emilio is scheduled to be sentenced before Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland on March 24 in Mount Holly. Emilio became a suspect in November 2019 during a BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit proactive investigation into the exploit…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone
Prosecutor: Union City Man Busted With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos On Cell Phone A 45-year-old Union City man was busted with more than 1,000 child pornography photos on his cell phone, authorities said Tuesday. Detectives executed a search warrant at Felix Martinez's home, acting on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Martinez was arrested at his house just before 9 a.m. Monday, and charged with endangering the welfare of a child for possession of child porn. Suarez credited the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says One pedophile traveled to Atlantic City from Oklahoma for sex with two pre-teenage girls. Another had a girl carve his initials into her legs. A third posted a social media video of her raping a youngster she was babysitting. These were among 21 people busted in a massive state pedophile roundup, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. Opportunities for predators to contact children directly have dramatically increased with remote home learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grewal said. “Reports to our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of potential pred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Sheriff: Man Living In Paterson Garage Trafficked Child Porn Passaic Sheriff: Man Living In Paterson Garage Trafficked Child Porn
Passaic Sheriff: Man Living In Paterson Garage Trafficked Child Porn Passaic County sheriff's detectives caught a man living out of a garage in Paterson trafficking child pornography, authorities said. Stephen Lugo, 42, was arrested by at his Albion Avenue home by members of the sheriff's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force after they found the computer images stored on a cloud, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said Thursday. Armed with warrants, the detectives seized several electronic devices from the garage apartment that "will be forensically examined for additional evidence related to the investigation," the sheriff said. They cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Sentenced In Jersey Shore Child Sex Sting Two Sentenced In Jersey Shore Child Sex Sting
Two Sentenced In Jersey Shore Child Sex Sting Two Ocean County men were sentenced to plea-bargained state prison terms for planning sexual encounters with underage teens who were actually police, authorities said. Volvi Lowinger and Brian Degnan were among 24 men nabbed in a "To Catch a Predator"-type sting dubbed “Operation Open House.” Lowinger, a 25-year-old student from Lakewood who worked at a dry cleaning business, was sentenced last Friday to four years in state prison by a Superior Court judge in Toms River after previously pleaded guilty to luring. Degnan, a 34-year-old data entry clerk from Toms River, was sentenced Tuesday …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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4 Years For Man Who Tried To Lure 'Girl' Online - But Got Caught In Sting Instead 4 Years For Man Who Tried To Lure 'Girl' Online - But Got Caught In Sting Instead
4 Years For Man Who Tried To Lure 'Girl' Online - But Got Caught In Sting Instead A Maryland man who tried to entice who he thought was a 13-year-old girl into sex but who was actually interacting with an undercover State Police detective was sentenced to four years in prison, Attorney General Girbir S. Grewal said Friday.  Romero E. Jimenez, 37, of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty last month in Union County to a charge of luring. In addition to his prison sentence he will be required to register as a Megan's Law offender and will be under parole supervision for life.  A detective with the State Police Digital Technology Investigations Unit was contacted by Jimenez …

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by Paul Milo
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W. Caldwell Man Had More Than 1K Images Of Child Pornography: Prosecutor W. Caldwell Man Had More Than 1K Images Of Child Pornography: Prosecutor
W. Caldwell Man Had More Than 1K Images Of Child Pornography: Prosecutor A number of agencies took part in an investigation leading to the arrest of a West Caldwell man who had several hundred images and video showing children being sexually abused, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.  Ethan Weiner, 29, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after authorities said more than 1,000 items were found at his home during a search Thursday. Authorities also seized devices and digital storage media.  The prosecutor's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which focuses on the distribution of images showing the sexual explo…

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by Paul Milo
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Paterson Man Who Had 2,600 Child Porn Images -- Some With Toddlers -- Could Be Free In 5 Years Paterson Man Who Had 2,600 Child Porn Images -- Some With Toddlers -- Could Be Free In 5 Years
Paterson Man Who Had 2,600 Child Porn Images -- Some With Toddlers -- Could Be Free In 5 Years A Paterson man who was convicted of collecting more than 2,600 videos and still images of child pornography – some of them involving toddlers -- must spend at least five years in state prison before he’s eligible for parole. Superior Court Judge Justine Niccollai sentenced 30-year-old Omar Saloukha in Paterson to eight years each, to run at the same time, on a pair of child endangerment convictions. Jurors found Saloukha guilty of both charges on Sept. 11. Members of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force found a “meticulous inventory” of images at …

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by Jerry DeMarco