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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…

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Feds: Online NJ 'Romeo' Conned Woman Out Of $300,000 Feds: Online NJ 'Romeo' Conned Woman Out Of $300,000
Feds: Online NJ 'Romeo' Conned Woman Out Of $300,000 She met him on an Internet word game, then gave him her heart. Before she knew it, he’d taken more than $300,000 of her money. And she didn’t even know who her online Romeo really was. Eseosa Obaseki, 36, of Linden, was trying to dodge justice when FBI agents grabbed him this week at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, authorities said. Obaseki used a bogus persona to reach out to the Washington State victim in late winter/early spring of 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Their online exchanges continued for a couple of months before Obaseki “convinced [her] of his rom…

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