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A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led police to Eleazar Maldonado-Martinez, 27 of Newark, who sent the images to others online with his cellphone after accessing a Wi-Fi provider’s network in the Silk City, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said.
“During the investigation, detectives were able to obtain additional images and video files of child pornography stored in [his] Internet-based photo account,” Berdnik said.
They arrested Maldonado-Martinez at his job in Newark and brought him to the Passaic County Jail, the sheriff said.
Maldonado-Martinez is charged with various child pornography possession counts.
The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office assisted with the investigation.
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