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Mechanic Living Across From Hackensack HS Collected 5,155 Child Porn Files, Authorities Charge
A divorced mechanic who lives across the street from Hackensack High School was charged with trafficking child porn after detectives found 5,515 illegal images during a raid on his apartment, authorities said.
Juan C. Rodriguez, 41, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess” the files of “nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, Feb. 18.
He also shared files online, the prosecutor said.
Rodriguez was arrested Thursday and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography following a raid on his Dawn Mano…
Fair Lawn Man, 21, Busted For Child Porn
A 21-year-old Fair Lawn man was caught trafficking child porn online, authorities charged.
Isiah T. Knight “used the Internet to view, download, and possess approximately 100 files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit also found that Knight “distributed digital files of child pornography on the Internet,” the prosecutor said.
Knight, who works as a cashier, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, Feb. 9, and then almost immediately ordered r…
Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges
A security guard from Hackensack was arrested on child porn charges, authorities confirmed.
Emery Taylor, 34, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1,000 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday.
Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Taylor following a raid Friday of his home in the Park Lane Apartments on Union Street, the prosecutor said.
Taylor, formerly of Englewood, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Centra…
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say
A pair of men were arrested after they agreed to meet up with individuals who they believed were 14- and 15-year-old girls in Secaucus, police said following an undercover investigation.
Nicholas Signorelli, 24, of Springfield, luring and enticing a child, while Nevil Rana, 34, of Wallington, was charged with the same, along with criminal attempt to endanger the welfare of a child and obscenity for persons under 18, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
The police department got a tip that a man later identified as Signorelli had been talking to someone who he thought was a 14-year-old …
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Makes More Than 130 Bogus Calls Claiming He Sexually Assaulted Kids
A security guard who claimed to be sexually assaulting children while on the phone with 911 dispatchers and crisis hotline counselors in New Jersey and New York was charged with causing a false public alarm, authorities said.
John LaForgia, 36, of Staten Island made more than 130 bogus calls to law enforcement agencies and crisis hotlines in various jurisdictions, including Hackensack, Oakland, Ramsey, and Ridgewood, over the course of only two weeks, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday.
The former Lodi resident, who has no children of his own, apparently spent no time with …
Totowa Man, 21, Busted With Child Porn At Dad's Home
TOTOWA, N.J. -- A Totowa man was arrested Thursday for downloading child pornography, authorities said.
Austin J. Masser, a 21-year-old former postal worker, was taken into custody by Internet Crime Unit detectives, with help from the county prosecutor's office, while executing a search warrant at his father's Garretson Avenue home, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said.
Masser was "utilizing a file sharing program to download and maintain files of child pornography," Berdnik said.
Detectives "seized several computers from Masser's bedroom that will be forensically examined,"…
