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31,100+ Prepubescent Child Porn Items Found On Former Ridgewood Parking Enforcement Agent: PD 31,100+ Prepubescent Child Porn Items Found On Former Ridgewood Parking Enforcement Agent: PD
31,100+ Prepubescent Child Porn Items Found On Former Ridgewood Parking Enforcement Agent: PD A 23-year-old Bergen County man was arrested after authorities found him with more than 31,100 child pornography items. Benjamin P. Ritter, of Washington Township, became the center of an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit in mid-September, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation, which involved a court-authorized search of Ritter's electronic device, revealed that he viewed, saved, downloaded, and/or possessed 31,110 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, the prosecutor said. Ritter was sworn in as a…
Prepubescent Child Porn Found On Bergen County Teen's Devices: Prosecutor Prepubescent Child Porn Found On Bergen County Teen's Devices: Prosecutor
Prepubescent Child Porn Found On Bergen County Teen's Devices: Prosecutor An 18-year-old Lodi resident was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Oct. 15, with possessing child pornography, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Cyber Crimes Unit searched Matthew Chinchilla's residence and found he used the internet to view, download, possess and distribute nude items featuring nude and/or sexually explicit children, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Chinchilla was charged with distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography, Musella said. He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Bergen Cou…
Cops ID Culprit Behind Bogus Bomb Threats To Police Departments Across Bergen County Cops ID Culprit Behind Bogus Bomb Threats To Police Departments Across Bergen County
Cops ID Culprit Behind Bogus Bomb Threats To Police Departments Across Bergen County A 26-year-old Fair Lawn man is facing charges for calling and emailing false threats to law enforcement agencies across Bergen County, authorities announced Clyde Johnson has been charged with false public alarm in the series of anonymous calls and emails to Franklin Lakes, Paramus, Wyckoff, Maywood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, and Bergenfield police departments, as well as local businesses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Each time, Johnson reported "an individual armed with a deadly weapon or explosive" Musella said. An investigation helmed by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Off…
14 Years Later: Accused Child Porn Collector From New Milford Busted Again 14 Years Later: Accused Child Porn Collector From New Milford Busted Again
14 Years Later: Accused Child Porn Collector From New Milford Busted Again A New Milford man busted for collecting child porn 14 years ago has been arrested again. State Parole Board officers tipped off local authorities after taking Brian Driscoll, 36, into custody this past January, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A court-approved search of Driscoll’s electronic devices by members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit found that he'd “viewed, downloaded, and/or possessed a total of 1,102 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. The detectives arrested Driscoll on Wednesday, March 27, he said. …
Imprisoned Sex Offender From Hackensack Gathered 42,000 Child Porn Files While Free: Prosecutor Imprisoned Sex Offender From Hackensack Gathered 42,000 Child Porn Files While Free: Prosecutor
Imprisoned Sex Offender From Hackensack Gathered 42,000 Child Porn Files While Free: Prosecutor A registered sex offender from Hackensack who was returned to prison last year is expected to spend much more time there following what authorities said was the discovery of more than 42,000 child porn images. Rahvae Richards, 32, served 3½ years of a five-year state prison sentence for trying to sexually assault a young city boy nearly a decade ago, records show. He’d also been downloading child pornography at the time, prosecutors said. Richards was paroled in October 2021, a year and a half short of what originally was supposed to be a five-year mandatory hitch. Sixteen months later, st…
Ridgewood Photographer Possessed Child Porn: Prosecutors Ridgewood Photographer Possessed Child Porn: Prosecutors
Ridgewood Photographer Possessed Child Porn: Prosecutors A 70-year-old Ridgewood medical photographer was arrested and charged on Thursday, Feb. 8 with using the internet to view child pornography, authorities said. Following a monthslong investigation, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Cyber Crimes Unit searched the residence of Rob Wolfson, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation revealed Wolfson used the internet to watch, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, Musella said.  Wolfson was charged with possession of child pornography and rem…
MRI Tech Terrorizes People By Posing As Them Online, Mailing Letter To One: Bergen Prosecutor MRI Tech Terrorizes People By Posing As Them Online, Mailing Letter To One: Bergen Prosecutor
MRI Tech Terrorizes People By Posing As Them Online, Mailing Letter To One: Bergen Prosecutor An MRI tech from Hudson County terrorized a number of people, including by mailing letters to one victim’s job in Bergenfield, said authorities who arrested him on Monday. Sarju Patel, 39, who lives at Half Moon Harbour on River Road in North Bergen, already had a criminal history that stretches back nearly two decades, records show. This time, the Bergenfield native created social media accounts that “used vanity names in the likeness of the victims, posted photographs of the victims [and] ‘checked-in’ online at various locations associated with the victims,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark …
Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn
Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn BREAKING NEWS: The son of a former judge who was removed from the bench for misconduct was busted on child porn charges following a raid on the family home in Waldwick, authorities confirmed on Friday. George M. Silebi, 27, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Jan. 18. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided the Sheridan Avenue home of former Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi exactly a week earlier. From there they traveled to N…
Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges
Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges A man who'd been previously accused of threatening Fair Lawn police and families on social media is back in custody after authorities said he took it to another level. Brandon M. Hernandez, 29, is now charged with threatening to "bomb and shoot" New Jersey Child Protection and Permanency buildings and Superior Court judges in Hackensack.  Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced in a news release that Cyber Crimes Unit detectives from his office began investigating a "pattern of social media posts" by Hernandez last November. He specifically cited NJCP&P buil…
Tenant With 1,700 Child Porn Files Secretly Recorded Garfield Kid For Gratification: Prosecutor Tenant With 1,700 Child Porn Files Secretly Recorded Garfield Kid For Gratification: Prosecutor
Tenant With 1,700 Child Porn Files Secretly Recorded Garfield Kid For Gratification: Prosecutor A Garfield kiddie porn collector planted a camera that secretly recorded a child for his sexual gratification, authorities charged. Jorge E. Mendez, a 56-year-old married product inspector, was arrested during a raid of his second-floor apartment on Tuesday, Dec. 5, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Mendez was charged with production and possession of child sexual abuse material by Cyber Crimes Unit investigators who seized 1,700 images of “nude and/or sexually explicit pubescent and prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending …
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A 22-year-old security guard from Teaneck was busted on Thursday for trafficking child porn, authorities said. Dashawn D. Hooks already had a record that included a fierce broad-daylight struggle with a female mugging victim in Englewood a few years ago. This time, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, Cyber Crimes Unit investigators found that Hooks “used the Internet to view, download, possess, distribute, and share items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children.” Hooks was charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, t…
Cyber Sleuths Bust Maywood Contractor With Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor Cyber Sleuths Bust Maywood Contractor With Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor
Cyber Sleuths Bust Maywood Contractor With Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor A divorced contractor from Maywood was caught collecting child porn, authorities said. Keith J. Balasa, 55, was arrested during a raid of his Lafayette Avenue home on Friday, July 7, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit found that Balasa “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. He didn’t say what kind of images (videos or still photos) or how many were found. Records at the Bergen County Jail -- where Balasa remained Friday night pe…
Bergen Mechanic, 63, Charged With Collecting Child Porn Bergen Mechanic, 63, Charged With Collecting Child Porn
Bergen Mechanic, 63, Charged With Collecting Child Porn A 63-year-old mechanic from River Vale was arrested Thursday on child porn charges, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. John DeFilippo was taken into custody by members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit during a June 8 raid at his Westwood Avenue home, Musella said. The investigators had found that DeFilippo “used the Internet to view, download, and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. DeFilippo was processed on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first…
Clerk From East Rutherford, 40, Charged With Child Porn Possession Clerk From East Rutherford, 40, Charged With Child Porn Possession
Clerk From East Rutherford, 40, Charged With Child Porn Possession Investigators seized two cellphones and a laptop from a clerk in East Rutherford when they arrested him on child porn charges. Michael Thomas Scheuerman, 40, was taken into custody during a warranted search of his apartment behind an office building on Paterson Avenue by Cyber Crimes Unit detectives, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The 5-foot-6, 410-pound defendant “used the Internet to view, download, or possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. Scheuerman was charged with possession of child pornography and sent …
Rutherford Man, 34, Expecting Sex With 14-Year-Old Busted In Sting: Bergen Prosecutor Rutherford Man, 34, Expecting Sex With 14-Year-Old Busted In Sting: Bergen Prosecutor
Rutherford Man, 34, Expecting Sex With 14-Year-Old Busted In Sting: Bergen Prosecutor An unemployed Rutherford man who authorities said headed to Paramus expecting sex with an underage boy was instead arrested by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives. Sean Dynan, 34, “engaged in sexually explicit dialogue” with Cyber Crimes Unit investigators before arranging the meeting, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Next thing he knew, he was in handcuffs. Dynan was charged with luring and child endangerment and sent to the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, March 29. He remained there Sunday pending court action.
Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor
Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Nearly 3½ years behind bars made little difference to a compulsive cyber-stalker from Bergen County who went right back after his victim just months after being released, authorities charged. Daniel Pfeiffer, 33, of Old Tappan was originally convicted several years ago of posting fake nude photos and bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated more than a decade ago. He ended up serving 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after taking a plea deal. No sooner was he released than he was back at it, victimizing the same woman in October 2019, authorities charged. Pfeiffer took another …
Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn
Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn A 26-year-old college student who lives around the corner from a Closter grade school was caught trafficking child porn, authorities said. John S. Soh was charged following a warranted raid at his home just off Houmans Avenue near the PK-4 Hillside Elementary School late last week, authorities said. Soh had “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit charged Soh with possession and distribution of child porn…
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible A man who lives steps from an East Rutherford grammar school exchanged obscene photos with juveniles, threatened to share images of those who wouldn’t send him more and deleted nude photos of a 14-year-old girl after investigators got wise to him, authorities said. And that's not all. There may be additional victims, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Damien Imbriano, a 22-year-old facilities coordinator, “used the Internet to engage in conduct (that) would debauch the morals of a child, sent obscene material to a child, and engaged in extortion by threatening to share se…
Authorities Drop Charges After Cybersleuth Proves Ramsey Responder Was Wrongfully Accused Authorities Drop Charges After Cybersleuth Proves Ramsey Responder Was Wrongfully Accused
Authorities Drop Charges After Cybersleuth Proves Ramsey Responder Was Wrongfully Accused A Ramsey volunteer first responder who was wrongfully accused in a child-porn case was vindicated after a private forensic investigator proved his innocence. Charles Gilbride had no idea what was happening when cybercrime detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office raided his home and arrested him early on the morning of Dec. 2, 2021. That’s because he hadn’t done anything wrong. First responders, like many others, found it impossible to believe the 2015 Ramsey High School graduate – who’d been a lieutenant with the all-volunteer Ramsey Rescue Squad – was capable of such crimes. …
Prosecutor: Bergen Retiree Trafficked Child Porn, Posed As Child For Online Sex Chats With Kids Prosecutor: Bergen Retiree Trafficked Child Porn, Posed As Child For Online Sex Chats With Kids
Prosecutor: Bergen Retiree Trafficked Child Porn, Posed As Child For Online Sex Chats With Kids He called himself “Brady Johnson” and said he was as old as the underage friends he made online. Douglas Hoehn, a 74-year-old retired college professor from Wyckoff, can’t reach any minors from the Bergen County Jail, where he remained while authorities searched for other possible victims. Hoehn was taken into custody during a warranted raid of his home just off Wyckoff Avenue near the north end of Goffle Brook on Wednesday, May 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of his Cyber Crimes Unit found that Hoehn “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute…
Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe
Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe An unemployed Teaneck man was charged with collecting and viewing child porn. Adam S. Rutman, 22, who lives on a quiet street off Queen Anne Road near Route 4 and Teaneck High School, “used the Internet to view, download and possess files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was charged with possession of child pornography and released pending court action following his arrest by members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit. The prosecutor thanked Teaneck police for their assistance, as well as members of the…
UPDATE: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat UPDATE: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat
Update: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat UPDATE: A college student from Ramsey who was arrested in upstate New York last week was brought to New Jersey to face charges of phoning in a bogus high school gun threat.  Luke Natoli, 18, was released from custody on Tuesday, April 19, after being booked into the Bergen County Jail on Monday, records show. Natoli blocked the number he was calling from when he threatened to bring a gun to baseball practice at a high school in Montvale on April 12, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Musella didn't say whether it was Pascack Hills High School or St. Joseph Regional High …
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Man, 25, Had Sex Chats, Nude Pic Swaps With Kids, More Victims Possible Prosecutor: Fort Lee Man, 25, Had Sex Chats, Nude Pic Swaps With Kids, More Victims Possible
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Man, 25, Had Sex Chats, Nude Pic Swaps With Kids, More Victims Possible A 25-year-old Fort Lee man collected child pornography and exchanged nude images during sexually explicit conversations with children, authorities charged. Sky Jack Marshall may have had similar contact with other youngsters, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Marshall “used the Internet to view, download and possess files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. He also used social media messaging with juveniles to “engage in sexually explicit dialogue and send nude images to underage children, the prosecutor said. “During such …
CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79
Child Porn: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 A 79-year-old retiree was caught with nearly 100 child porn images at his Ramsey home, authorities said. Michael Alfone was arrested Friday and then released pending an April 6 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, March 21. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Alfone’s Arch Street home off Main Street on March 4 during the course of a months-long investigation, Musella said. They arrested Alfone on third-degree child porn possession charges after determining that he “used the Internet to vi…
Fair Lawn Man, 21, Busted For Child Porn Fair Lawn Man, 21, Busted For Child Porn
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 Barber Charged With Collecting Child Porn Hackensack Barber Charged With Collecting Child Porn
Hackensack Barber Charged With Collecting Child Porn A 26-year-old barber from Hackensack was charged with collecting child porn, authorities said. Jose A. Canela-Castillo, 26, remained free pending a Feb. 2 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He’s charged with possession of child pornography. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Canela-Castillo after learning that he “used the Internet to view, download, and possess files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. …
Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say
Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say An owner of one of Hoboken’s oldest bars was charged with trafficking child porn following a raid at his Bergen County home, authorities said. John M. Tucceri, 62, was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit who searched his Fairview home earlier this month, county Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Tucceri – whose family has owned and operated the 8th Street Tavern on Washington Street for 50 years -- “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Musella said. Detective…
Emergency Management Consultant From Maywood Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Emergency Management Consultant From Maywood Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Emergency Management Consultant From Maywood Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A married emergency management consultant from Maywood was arrested Tuesday on charges of trafficking more than 1,000 child porn images. Jonathan Abbassi, 35, “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute more than 1,000 digital depictions of nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Abbassi following a months-long investigation that included a warranted search of his Stone Street home, the prosecutor said. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await …
NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Pre-Teen For Nude Pics, Sex Talk? NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Pre-Teen For Nude Pics, Sex Talk?
NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Pre-Teen For Nude Pics, Sex Talk? Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella asked parents to check whether their children were contacted by an out-of-state man who created various identities to have sex chats with a local pre-teen whom he tried to extort into sending him pornographic images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives found that “several different online personalities engaged the same child victim in separate conversations, some of which contained sexually explicit content and dialogue,” Musella said. All of the social media accounts used to contact the Bergen County child were controlled by Jason J. Campbell, a 31-year-old s…
Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again
Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again A convicted stalker who was released from state prison earlier this year after victimizing the same woman twice was arrested after doing it yet again, Bergen County authorities said. Christopher Greig, 39, of Clifton was responsible for more than 20 “anonymous alarming phone calls and multiple text messages” -- using technology that scrambled his caller ID -- over the course of five weeks, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Formerly of Hawthorne, Greig has a rap sheet that includes numerous arrests for stalking and/or harassment in several Bergen County towns, as wel…
Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography
Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography A Fort Lee man was arrested Thursday and charged with trafficking child porn, authorities said. Andrew Freedman, 52, was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of possessing and distributing the illegal images. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Freedman after executing a search warrant at his condominium in the Charlton high-rise on 15th Street. Freedman, who is divorced and unemployed, “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute …