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Kids Club Staffer Who Had Sleepovers In NJ With Boy He Raped Sentenced: DA Kids Club Staffer Who Had Sleepovers In NJ With Boy He Raped Sentenced: DA
Kids Club Staffer Who Had Sleepovers In NJ With Boy He Raped Sentenced: DA A former Neshaminy Kids Club worker was sentenced to 35 to 88 years in state prison for sexually assaulting seven boys and filming some of the abuse, Bucks County authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Gerald William Spoto, 42, of Disk Lane in Bristol Township, pleaded guilty in July to nearly three dozen charges for crimes committed between the late 1990s and 2023. He was also declared a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime sex offender registration and treatment. These assaults of seven boys included "sleepovers" in New Jersey, Detectives with the Middletown Township Pol…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Wanted Robber, Sex Offender, Others Captured By Passaic Sheriff's Fugitive Squad Wanted Robber, Sex Offender, Others Captured By Passaic Sheriff's Fugitive Squad
Wanted Robber, Sex Offender, Others Captured By Passaic Sheriff's Fugitive Squad Seven fugitives wanted on outstanding warrants were captured by Passaic County sheriff's officers during a two-day sweep, authorities said. Members of the Fugitive Warrant Division conducted the sweep, assisted by their colleagues from the Bureau of Narcotics, uniformed patrol division, ERT, K9 and others, Passaic Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said on Thursday, June 8. One of the fugitives, Ramier M. Free, 29, took off on foot when he saw the detectives approaching the corner of East 18th Street and 17th Avenue, the sheriff said. They quickly caught Free, who was wanted for skipping court on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hunterdon County Man Gets Decade-Long Sentence For Child Sex Assault: Prosecutor Hunterdon County Man Gets Decade-Long Sentence For Child Sex Assault: Prosecutor
Hunterdon County Man Gets Decade-Long Sentence For Child Sex Assault: Prosecutor A Hunterdon County man who pled guilty to sexually assaulting a child has been sentenced to a decade in prison, authorities said. Jose E. Vasquez, 26, of Whitehouse Station, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison by New Jersey Superior Court Judge Angela Borkowski on Friday, July 15, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. Vasquez pled guilty to second-degree sexual assault in January and admitted in court to having sexual contact with a child under the age of 13, Robeson said. Vasquez’s must serve at least 8.5 years of his sentence before parole eligibility as per the No E…

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by Valerie Musson
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Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor
Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for human trafficking and failing to register as a sex offender, authorities said. Michael Tedesco, of Reading, admitted transporting women to motels in South Jersey to engage in paid sexual encounters that he arranged and then keeping a portion of what they earned for himself, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Tedesco pleaded guilty in December to first-degree human trafficking as well as third-degree failure to register as a sex offender for an unrelated offense, Coffina sa…

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by Jon Craig
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Union County Man Caught With More Than 7,000 Child Porn Files Gets 7+ Years In Fed Pen Union County Man Caught With More Than 7,000 Child Porn Files Gets 7+ Years In Fed Pen
Union County Man Caught With More Than 7,000 Child Porn Files Gets 7+ Years In Fed Pen A Union County man found with more than 1,000 videos and 6,000 or so images of child pornography was sentenced Wednesday in Newark to more than seven years in federal prison. Nicholas Pecil, 33, of Rahway, "used a peer-to-peer file-sharing program to download and share videos and images of child sexual abuse," U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Special agents with the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations found the more than 7,000 images during a warranted search of his home in May 2017, Carpenito said.Pecil took a plea deal rather than going to trial, admitting that he made the files…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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California Man Gets 7 Years For Flying To NJ For Sex With 11-Year-Old Girl California Man Gets 7 Years For Flying To NJ For Sex With 11-Year-Old Girl
California Man Gets 7 Years For Flying To NJ For Sex With 11-Year-Old Girl A California man was sentenced to seven years in state prison Friday for traveling to Elizabeth for what he believed was sex with an 11-year-old girl. Ian Brewer, 25, of Pomona, began exchanging emails last December with a man whom he believed was offering him the opportunity but was really an undercover New Jersey State Police detective, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The detective claimed that he and his girlfriend were part of a group that met regularly to have sex with the child, Grewal said. Brewer agreed to pay $500 for a weekend of oral sex from the girl, the att…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say
Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say A convicted rapist who took a bus from Oklahoma to New Jersey for what he thought would be sex with an 11- and 12-year-old girl was caught in a joint state-federal sting, authorities said. New Jersey State Police detectives and special U.S. Homeland Security agents arrested Aaron Craiger, 33, at an Atlantic City motel this week, they said. Craiger planned to meet two men he thought were bringing their daughters to have sex with him, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan said Friday. “Craiger had condoms with him, as well as a small amount of marijua…

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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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Several Elizabeth Sex Offenders Arrested For Failing To Register: Prosecutor Several Elizabeth Sex Offenders Arrested For Failing To Register: Prosecutor
Several Elizabeth Sex Offenders Arrested For Failing To Register: Prosecutor A total of 14 people, almost all of them Elizabeth residents, were arrested in a crackdown on convicted sex offenders who failed to comply with reporting requirements under Meghan's Law, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.  Operation Roll Call was carried out over the course of a week by personnel from agencies including the Attorney General's office, Union County Sheriff, State Police, Elizabeth police, the U.S. Marshals as well as the prosecutor.  The fugitive suspects are all required to keep law enforcement notified of their whereabouts and inform them of thei…

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by Paul Milo
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Repeat Westwood Sex Offender, 71, Gets 6 Years For Trafficking Child Porn Repeat Westwood Sex Offender, 71, Gets 6 Years For Trafficking Child Porn
Repeat Westwood Sex Offender, 71, Gets 6 Years For Trafficking Child Porn A 71-year-old freelance photographer from Westwood was sentenced to six years in state prison Friday following his second conviction for trafficking child pornography. James R. Agin admitted in February that he distributed videos and images of child pornography online using a file-sharing program.  Agin pleaded guilty to similar charges 12 years ago and received probation. This time, he was arrested during “Operation Safety Net,” a multi-agency child protection operation led by the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force -- the same group responsibl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Prison Guard From Lodi Who Thought He Was Pursuing Girl, 8, Gets Five Years In Fed Pen NJ Prison Guard From Lodi Who Thought He Was Pursuing Girl, 8, Gets Five Years In Fed Pen
NJ Prison Guard From Lodi Who Thought He Was Pursuing Girl, 8, Gets Five Years In Fed Pen A now-former state corrections officer from Lodi who the government said was trying to arrange a tryst with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl will have to serve nearly five years in federal prison for receiving images of child sexual abuse. Stephen Salamak, 39, must serve the full term handed down Thursday in U.S. District Court in Newark because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Salamak struck a deal with the government and pleaded guilty in July to receipt of child pornography at a time when federal prosecutors said he tried to arrange to have sex with a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Youngsters' Singer-Songwriter Gets 6+ Years In Federal Prison For Downloading Kiddie Porn Youngsters' Singer-Songwriter Gets 6+ Years In Federal Prison For Downloading Kiddie Porn
Youngsters' Singer-Songwriter Gets 6+ Years In Federal Prison For Downloading Kiddie Porn A music teacher and singer-songwriter who performed for children at synagogues, Jewish community centers, camps and conventions nationwide was sentenced to six years and eight months in federal prison Tuesday for downloading child pornography. Eric S. Komar, 47, must serve nearly all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Komar " used an Internet-based peer-to-peer file-sharing program to obtain images and videos that included images of prepubescent children being sexually abused as well as sadistic and masochistic images," U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia
Sex Offender Who Worked For Clifton Recreation Arrested For Not Reporting Move From Virginia For roughly a year, Nathaniel Lewis worked for the Clifton Recreation Department without officials knowing that he was a convicted sex offender from Virginia, Daily Voice has learned. Then last month he was taken into custody on a warrant out of Virginia following a traffic stop in Essex County. Last Thursday, he was brought to the Passaic County Jail and charged with failing to register as a sex offender and unlawfully obtaining employment in a youth-serving organization. A detention hearing was scheduled for Tuesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson. Lewis, 37, moved to E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn
NJ Corrections Officer From Lodi Admits Collecting Child Porn A now-former state corrections officer from Lodi admitted in federal court in Newark on Friday that he collected images of child abuse at a time when the government said he was trying to arrange a tryst with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl. Stephen Salamak, 38, admitted using email "to seek and obtain images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent children" while working as a senior corrections officer at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He also tried to arrange to have sex with an 8-year-old girl through a person he tho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: South Korean Child Rapist From River Edge Lied In Naturalization Bid Feds: South Korean Child Rapist From River Edge Lied In Naturalization Bid
Feds: South Korean Child Rapist From River Edge Lied In Naturalization Bid Federal agents on Thursday arrested a South Korean national from River Edge who they said didn’t admit having sex with a child when he applied for naturalization. Kyung Lim Park, a/k/a “Howard Kyung Lim Park,” 65, admitted in Superior Court in Hackensack in March 2016 that he had sex with the child at least three times. Park, who pleaded guilty to child endangerment and sexual conduct by a non-caretaker, was later sentenced to five years probation, with lifetime community service and the requirement that he register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law. Park had lawfully entered the U.S. fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco