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Tennis Coach Wrote Poems, Showed Nude Photos To Teen During Lesson In South Jersey: Cops Tennis Coach Wrote Poems, Showed Nude Photos To Teen During Lesson In South Jersey: Cops
Tennis Coach Wrote Poems, Showed Nude Photos To Teen During Lesson In South Jersey: Cops A 60-year-old tennis coach has been arrested after authorities said he showed naked photo of himself to a teen girl during lessons and placed poems and cards in her bag for nearly two years, police in South Jersey said. Ovidiu V. Dragos, 60, of Moorestown, showed the 15-year-old girl a nude photo of himself on his cell phone twice during group tennis lessons at the Cherry Hill Health and Racquet Club, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Dragos also placed numerous letters, cards, poems, and gifts in the victim’s tennis ba…
New Englander Who Traveled To Jersey Shore For Back-Seat Sex With Pre-Teen Gets 20 Years New Englander Who Traveled To Jersey Shore For Back-Seat Sex With Pre-Teen Gets 20 Years
New Englander Who Traveled To Jersey Shore For Back-Seat Sex With Pre-Teen Gets 20 Years UPDATE: A New Hampshire man who recorded himself having sex in the back seat of his car with a 12-year-old child at the Jersey Shore must spend the next 20 years in federal prison. Scott Wilkinson, 39, must serve out the entire plea-bargained sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Twenty years means 20 years. Wilkinson traveled nearly 400 miles from Concord, NH to Egg Harbor Township -- just outside Atlantic City -- to have sex with the child, the FBI said. He recorded it and uploaded the video from his phone to a Google Drive account, which was linked to his home…
CHILD SEX STING: German 'Perv To Some Extent' Admits Flying Into NJ To Abuse Children CHILD SEX STING: German 'Perv To Some Extent' Admits Flying Into NJ To Abuse Children
Child SEX Sting: German 'Perv To Some Extent' Admits Flying Into NJ To Abuse Children UPDATE: A German man admitted in federal court in Newark that he flew to New Jersey for what he thought would be sex with children as young as 10 years old. Christian Stefan Walther, 39, of Erfurt, communicated with what turned out to be two undercover New Jersey State Police detectives via email, phone, and an encrypted messaging app, authorities said. The officers had posed as members of a group of predators who had access to young children, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Walther, who called himself a "perv to some extent," expressed a "desire to engage in sexual …
Ex-Tennis Pro Convicted Of Sex Crimes Against Student He Showered With Gifts On Jersey Shore Ex-Tennis Pro Convicted Of Sex Crimes Against Student He Showered With Gifts On Jersey Shore
Ex-Tennis Pro Convicted Of Sex Crimes Against Student He Showered With Gifts On Jersey Shore A former youth tennis instructor has been convicted of numerous sexual crimes committed against a student over the course of more than a year, starting when she was 12, authorities said. Terry Y. Kuo, 32, of Colts Neck was found guilty on all 10 charges against him after a two-week jury trial, according to  Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago.  The case stemmed from an investigation commenced after one of Kuo’s students alleged that he had engaged in various instances of sexual misconduct on multiple occasions from August 2016 through Novem…
Out-Of-State Man Recorded Sex With Underage NJ Teen: Prosecutor Out-Of-State Man Recorded Sex With Underage NJ Teen: Prosecutor
Out-Of-State Man Recorded Sex With Underage NJ Teen: Prosecutor An unemployed man from Minnesota recorded himself sexually assaulting an underage teen multiple times in Teaneck, authorities charged. Isaiha Price, 25, of St. Paul, was arrested earlier this week and was being held at the Adult Detention Center in St. Paul, MN (in photo above), pending extradition to New Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation by his Special Victims Unit detectives and Teaneck police “revealed that Price recorded himself sexually assaulting a child who was under the age of 16 on more than one occasion in Teaneck,” the prosecutor said on Th…
PREDATOR STING: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says PREDATOR STING: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says
Predator Sting: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says A Pennsylvania man who arranged what he thought was sex with a pre-teen in a New Jersey hotel was instead seized by federal agents when he showed up, authorities said Wednesday. Louis Goldenberg, 41 of Philadelphia, "began interacting on a messaging application with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent, who was posing as a middle-aged woman with a 12-year-old niece" last month, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Sept. 20. Goldenberg messaged the purported aunt, "continuously expressing interest in having sexual contact," the U.S. att…
Paterson Man, 27, Gets 15½ Years, No Parole, For Having Girl, 11, Send Him Sex Pics Paterson Man, 27, Gets 15½ Years, No Parole, For Having Girl, 11, Send Him Sex Pics
Paterson Man, 27, Gets 15½ Years, No Parole, For Having Girl, 11, Send Him Sex Pics UPDATE: A Paterson man who posted a graphic video of a child being sexually assaulted and then convinced an 11-year-old girl to send him naked photos of herself must spend at least 15 years in federal prison. Jose Minaya, 27, has to serve just about all of the plea-bargained 186-month sentence approved by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He also must remain under lifetime supervised release and register as a sex offender under the terms of a deal he cut with the government. Minaya “used a web-based application to engage an 1…
FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos
FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos An Ocean County man enticed children into producing and sending him sex videos, federal authorities charged. A federal judge in Trenton ordered Daniel Nilla, 35, Brick, held following his arrest by the FBI, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Friday, Aug. 4. Nilla received "images and videos containing child exploitation material from five minor victims" he communicated with on an instant messenger app, the U.S. attorney said. "Nilla induced at least two of those minor victims to send him images and videos of themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct," Sellinger added. Nilla,…
UPDATE: Detectives Pursuing Celeb Trainer From 'RHONJ' For Sex With Girl, 14, Find Him Dead UPDATE: Detectives Pursuing Celeb Trainer From 'RHONJ' For Sex With Girl, 14, Find Him Dead
Update: Detectives Pursuing Celeb Trainer From 'Rhonj' For Sex With Girl, 14, Find Him Dead UPDATE: Detectives in Florida were on their way to arrest New Jersey-bred celebrity trainer Darren Goodall for having sex with a 14-year-old student when he took his own life, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The girl's father had brought them videos and photos of “inappropriate sexual activity” between his daughter and Goodall, 32, that he'd found on her phone, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said in an Aug. 1 release. The youngster had been a student at Goodall’s gym, Venom Fitness in Osprey, FL, the release says. Detectives seized all of Goodall's electronic devices as the investi…
NJ Man Who Hired Hitman To Kill Kid Gets 6 Years, No Parole NJ Man Who Hired Hitman To Kill Kid Gets 6 Years, No Parole
NJ Man Who Hired Hitman To Kill Kid Gets 6 Years, No Parole UPDATE: A South Jersey man who paid $20,000 in bitcoin to have a 13-year-boy killed after they exchanged sexually explicit images was sentenced to six years in a federal penitentiary. John Michael Musbach, 34, of Haddonfield, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Musbach began communicating with the child in 2015 and soon after exchanged videos and photos that were discovered by the kid's parents, federal authorities said. Musbach was living in Galloway when members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office raided …
Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: NJ Prosecutor Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: NJ Prosecutor
Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: NJ Prosecutor An unemployed Bergen County man paid children to strip during webchats so he could take screenshots that he then viewed and shared, authorities charged. Edward A. Torres, 23, tried destroying the evidence during a court-approved raid of his Union Place apartment off Harding Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit had learned that Torres “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. He got children to produce some of those…
CHILD SEX STING: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities CHILD SEX STING: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities
Child SEX Sting: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities A German man who flew to the United States for what he thought would be sex with children 10 and 11 years old at a New Jersey hotel was instead arrested by undercover officers, authorities said. Christian Stefan Walther, 38, of Erfurt, Germany, communicated with two officers via email, phone, and an encrypted messaging app about his “desire for sexual encounters with young children,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The officers had posed as members of a group of child predators who had access to young children, he said.  Walther, who called himself a "perv to some extent," sen…
Jersey Shore Man Admits Recording Himself Sexually Assaulting Young Girl, Then Sharing It Jersey Shore Man Admits Recording Himself Sexually Assaulting Young Girl, Then Sharing It
Jersey Shore Man Admits Recording Himself Sexually Assaulting Young Girl, Then Sharing It A Jersey Shore man admitted recording himself sexually assaulting a young girl who authorities said was under 8 years old. FBI agents zeroed in on Christian Importuna, 27, of Englishtown, when he tried trading the videos with what turned out to be an undercover detective in March 2020, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. One of the videos shows a girl who appears less than 8 years old giving him oral sex, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court says. In the other, he is rubbing the crotch of a sleeping child who may be the same girl, it says. FBI investigators “linked the videos to…
Feds: Homeland Security Agents In NJ Nab Canadian Who Traveled 2,750 Miles For Sex With Kids Feds: Homeland Security Agents In NJ Nab Canadian Who Traveled 2,750 Miles For Sex With Kids
Feds: Homeland Security Agents In NJ Nab Canadian Who Traveled 2,750 Miles For Sex With Kids Undercover U.S. Homeland Security agents seized a Canadian man when he arrived in New Jersey for what he thought would be sex with children, authorities said. Patrick John Anthony Coderre, a 53-year-old Ontario resident known as "T Ocean," turned up on law enforcement radar for possible child exploitation in March 2019, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said Friday, Oct. 28. Two undercover agents with the federal Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigation used three bogus identities to communicate with Coderre via text message, email, and Telegram Messe…
NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds
NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds A New Jersey man posed online as a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to persuade female teens to send him nude photos and videos, federal authorities charged. Sunil Vaid, 50, of North Brunswick "used multiple fraudulent online personas on a social media platform and several email accounts to target female victims under the age of 18," U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. "At different times, he posed as a male who was interested in a romantic relationship and could help them start their modeling careers, a female who could help their …
PA School Janitor Uses Jets Fan Snapchat To Tell Undercover Cop He Had Sex With Child: DA PA School Janitor Uses Jets Fan Snapchat To Tell Undercover Cop He Had Sex With Child: DA
PA School Janitor Uses Jets Fan Snapchat To Tell Undercover Cop He Had Sex With Child: DA A central Pennsylvania school janitor chatted online to an undercover police officer about his sexual exploits with an 11-year-old, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 6.  Zachary Payton Hart, 19, of Lykens, shamed Jets fans by using his "onlyjets" Snapchat account to send a picture of his penis to a 13-year-old girl, on June 4, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. But he wasn't going to get away with it as her sibling was friends with a police officer, according to the criminal complaint and statement released by the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo.  The poli…
NJ Youth Pastor Indicted For Online Sex Exploitation Of 13 Boys In Multiple States: Prosecutor NJ Youth Pastor Indicted For Online Sex Exploitation Of 13 Boys In Multiple States: Prosecutor
NJ Youth Pastor Indicted For Online Sex Exploitation Of 13 Boys In Multiple States: Prosecutor A Burlington County teacher and youth pastor has been indicted for coaxing underage boys on social media to send him nude pictures and videos, then using that material to blackmail his victims into performing sexual acts on themselves for his enjoyment, authorities said.  A grand jury indicted Sean Higgins, 31, of Palmyra on 75 total counts that included charges of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, cyber harassment, child endangerment, and obscenity to a minor, they said. Thirteen of the counts were first-degree charges, according to Burlington County Prosecutor …
FBI: Groomed-For-Sex Indiana Girl, 15, Rescued After Paterson Man Pays Uber To Bring Her To NJ FBI: Groomed-For-Sex Indiana Girl, 15, Rescued After Paterson Man Pays Uber To Bring Her To NJ
FBI: Groomed-For-Sex Indiana Girl, 15, Rescued After Paterson Man Pays Uber To Bring Her To NJ A 22-year-old Paterson man showered a 15-year-old Indiana girl he'd met online with money, gifts and compliments before paying an Uber driver to bring her to him for sex, federal authorities said. Arnold Castillo "groomed" the girl, gaining her trust and alienating her from her family and other support systems before convincing her to leave Lawrence, IN, for New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Southern Indiana charged. Castillo "paid and arranged for an Uber driver to pick up the minor and transport her across state lines to him," alleges to an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District …
Child Sex: NJ Man, Accused Female Trafficker From Georgia Busted In Probe Child Sex: NJ Man, Accused Female Trafficker From Georgia Busted In Probe
Child Sex: NJ Man, Accused Female Trafficker From Georgia Busted In Probe The arrest of a Ridgewood man who sought nude photos and videos from kids he had online sex chats with led investigators to a child in Georgia who was being victimized by a female sex trafficker, authorities said. James A. Razin, 36, “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, May 25. Razin, who lives in the Mayflower Apartments complex on East Ridgewood Avenue, also “engaged[d] in live, one-on-one online chats with children and requested nude ima…
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities
NJ Kids Among 80+ Groomed By California Man To Make Child Porn: Authorities Over 80 children worldwide— between the ages of six and 13-years-old— were groomed by a California man to produce child porn— including five children from New Jersey, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, posed as an 11-year-old girl called “Lizzy” to form online relationships with the children and convince them to perform and record sexual acts on other children in their lives, according to a report released by the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. VIDEO PRESS RELEASE: Child Sexual Predator Suspect "Lizzy" Arrested Po…
Florida Man Posed As Modeling Agent To Get Sexually Explicit Images From Girl: Prosecutor Florida Man Posed As Modeling Agent To Get Sexually Explicit Images From Girl: Prosecutor
Florida Man Posed As Modeling Agent To Get Sexually Explicit Images From Girl: Prosecutor A Florida man has admitted to falsely portraying himself as a modeling agent in order to manipulate a minor into sending him sexually explicit images and videos of herself, authorities said. Joseph Germain, 31, of Casselberry, Florida, pleaded guilty to first-degree manufacturing child sexual abuse materials and second-degree distribution of child sexual abuse materials, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Linskey is urging other possible victims to reach out to authorities.  Sentencing is scheduled for May 13. An investigation into Germain’s activities was …
FBI: North Jersey Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video FBI: North Jersey Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video
FBI: North Jersey Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video A Hudson County man was arrested by the FBI after he enticed two underage children to create and send him porn photos and videos of themselves, federal authorities charged. Erick Solis, 25, "used a social media application to engage with two underage victims in sexually explicit conversations," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Thursday. He then "instructed both victims to take sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves and send them to him," Sellinger said. At least one of them complied, the U.S. attorney said. Solis, who's recently lived in Union City and Weehawken, was…
Prosecutor: Child-Sex Video Leads To Re-Arrest Of Released NJ Molester Prosecutor: Child-Sex Video Leads To Re-Arrest Of Released NJ Molester
Prosecutor: Child-Sex Video Leads To Re-Arrest Of Released NJ Molester A 23-year-old cook from Little Ferry who was freed pending trial on charges of repeatedly molesting a River Edge pre-teen was arrested again Thursday following the discovery of a disturbing homemade video, authorities said. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack had freed Roberto Carlos Mancia from the Bergen County Jail on Sept. 8, two weeks after detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s office arrested him on sexual assault and child endangerment charges. Investigators arrested him again on Thursday after discovering that Mancia had a child “engage in a sexual act while recor…
Pedo Who Got No Prison Time For Sexually Assaulting Boy, 5, In Grenada Faces Long Sentence Here Pedo Who Got No Prison Time For Sexually Assaulting Boy, 5, In Grenada Faces Long Sentence Here
Pedo Who Got No Prison Time For Sexually Assaulting Boy, 5, In Grenada Faces Long Sentence Here A New York City man who got no prison time in Grenada after admitting that he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy there is facing justice here in the United States. Seized by U.S. government agents, Treverson Roberts, 27, pleaded guilty to the crime in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday in a bid for leniency. Roberts certainly won't get the kind of leniency he got in Grenada. The maximum penalty here is 30 years. The dual U.S. and Grenadian citizen -- who lives in Brooklyn -- will also have to serve out just about all of his eventual sentence. There's no parole in the U.S. federal prison …
Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care
Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care A former New Jersey child protection worker was sentenced Tuesday to more than 20 years in federal prison – just about all which he’ll have to serve – for recording pornographic images of an underage boy in his care. Kayan Frazier, 29, of Somers Point, also posed as a woman online to solicit similar images from boys, federal authorities said. Frazier had joined the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency after he was fired as a substitute teacher in an Atlantic City school following an investigation of what authorities said was questionable conduct with male students. It was un…
Deportee Who Raped NJ Girl, 15, After Sneaking Back Into US Gets 7¾ Years Deportee Who Raped NJ Girl, 15, After Sneaking Back Into US Gets 7¾ Years
Deportee Who Raped NJ Girl, 15, After Sneaking Back Into US Gets 7¾ Years UPDATE: A deportee who snuck back into the U.S. and was living illegally in Paterson was sentenced Tuesday to 95 months in federal prison for raping a 15-year-old city girl. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 35-year-old Mexican citizen who was born in Ecuador, had been deported in 2010, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. He'd re-entered the United States when he approached the girl in Passaic County in April 2019, had sex with her, then took her with him on a planned trip to Chicago, Honig said. They never made it that far, however. An Ohio state trooper pulled Morales-Pedraza’s 201…
Grand Jury Indicts Convicted Rapist Accused Of Riding Bus 1,450 Miles To AC Motel For Kid Sex Grand Jury Indicts Convicted Rapist Accused Of Riding Bus 1,450 Miles To AC Motel For Kid Sex
Grand Jury Indicts Convicted Rapist Accused Of Riding Bus 1,450 Miles To AC Motel For Kid Sex A convicted rapist took a bus from Oklahoma to Atlantic City to meet two men he thought were bringing their pre-teen daughters for sex, an indictment returned by a state grand jury says. The “dads” turned out to be undercover members of the New Jersey State Police and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations. Aaron D. Craiger, 34, of Oklahoma City originally was arrested in March 2020 after he checked into a motel with condoms and pot that he wanted to smoke with the “girls,” ages 11 and 12, the indictment returned Friday in Trenton says. He has remained in custody since then. SEE: Oklahoma …
NJ Man Used Instagram, Snapchat To Solicit Sexual Photos From Several Teen Girls: Police NJ Man Used Instagram, Snapchat To Solicit Sexual Photos From Several Teen Girls: Police
NJ Man Used Instagram, Snapchat To Solicit Sexual Photos From Several Teen Girls: Police A 20-year-old Kearny who used social media to solicit sexually-explicit photos from local residents including several teen girls was arrested and found with child porn, authorities said. An investigation began in June 2020 based on numerous public social media posts alleging several residents had been subjected to harassment or sexually-objectionable behavior by a man later identified as Justin T. Davidson, Police Chief George King said. The investigation uncovered many instances in which Davidson contacted victims through Instagram and Snapchat, and arranged to receive sexually explic…
Ex-Teacher, Wrestling Coach Indicted For Criminal Sexual Contact Worked At Dozens Of NJ Schools Ex-Teacher, Wrestling Coach Indicted For Criminal Sexual Contact Worked At Dozens Of NJ Schools
Ex-Teacher, Wrestling Coach Indicted For Criminal Sexual Contact Worked At Dozens Of NJ Schools A former special education teacher and college wrestling coach who worked for dozens of New Jersey schools and youth programs has been indicted for endangering the welfare of a minor, filming/possession of child exploitive material, and criminal sexual contact, authorities said.  John M. Denuto, 44, of Spotswood, was indicted on more than two dozen counts of charges relating to child endangerment, invasion of privacy, possession of child pornography witness tampering and more, according to Middlesex County Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayrevil…
Central Jersey Man Sexting Girl Tried Hiding Relationship, Authorities Say Central Jersey Man Sexting Girl Tried Hiding Relationship, Authorities Say
Central Jersey Man Sexting Girl Tried Hiding Relationship, Authorities Say A Central Jersey man was arrested for sexting an underage female and then trying to hide it from law enforcement agents, authorities said Tuesday. Michael F. Roach, 32, of Flemington, exchanged explicit text messages and photographs with an underage female victim,  Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said. He also was found in possession of photos that depict the sexual exploitation or child abuse, Williams said alongside Acting Chief of Detectives Frank R. Crisologo and High Bridge Police Chief Brett Bartman. He subsequently charged with third degree enda…
Feds: NY Man Who 'Sextorted' Underage Jersey Girl Nabbed By FBI When He Arrives In AC For Sex Feds: NY Man Who 'Sextorted' Underage Jersey Girl Nabbed By FBI When He Arrives In AC For Sex
Feds: NY Man Who 'Sextorted' Underage Jersey Girl Nabbed By FBI When He Arrives In AC For Sex A New York man who ruthlessly “sextorted” a minor into having sex with him at a hotel in Atlantic City was arrested by federal agents when he showed up, authorities said. Zachary Williams 33, told the victim that he was 17 when they first met on SnapChat last September, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said Tuesday. Williams asked for and got nude photos of the victim, then threatened to send them to the Galloway Township teen’s family and friends, she said. “He ultimately convinced the victim to meet him at a hotel in Atlantic County and agreed to allow the victim to d…