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Miguel Guevera, 27, was one of six defendants charged with by Passaic County sheriff’s officers this month with child porn-related offenses as part of separate investigations, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said.
Detectives obtained a search warrant before raiding his home, seizing several computers and the doll, Berdnik said.
Guevera may remain one step ahead of the law when it comes to his anatomically-correct companion.
Just last week, the House of Representatives unanimously approved the Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedolphilic Robots (or "CREEPER") Act, which would make distributing sex dolls, robots or mannequins illegal.
The Senate is likely to do the same – which, once signed by President Trump, would create the first federal law aimed at keeping child sex dolls and robots from being brought into the U.S.
“There is a correlation between possession of the obscene dolls, and robots, and possession of and participation in child pornography,” the bill says.
Most of the pre-pubescent-looking dolls are imported from China, Hong Kong or Japan but are sold through online U.S. distributors (Two months ago, Amazon announced that it will no longer sell anatomically-correct child sex dolls).
A Tokyo manufacturer of the dolls -- some made to look like girls as young as 5, with false eyelashes, wigs and expressions that include fear -- said in an interview with The Atlantic that he hoped the figures would help pedophiles "live with repressed desire" rather than harm an actual child.
“One must make a variety of expressions to fulfill a variety of client needs,” he added.
Opponents point to studies showing that up to 50% of molesters repeat their crimes. They argue that the dolls could actually encourage predators to target real children.
“Right now, a few clicks on a computer can allow a predator to order a vile child sex doll,” U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R-N.Y.), the bill’s sponsor. “This is not only disturbing ― but also endangers the most innocent among us.
“Once an abuser tires of practicing on a doll, it’s a small step to move on to a child.”
Guevera remained held Saturday in the Passaic County Jail.
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