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NJ Corrections Officer Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor
A New Jersey corrections officer has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Austin Metivier, 34, of Mount Holly, was taken into custody at the Burlington County Jail, where he works, and lodged at the Camden County Jail, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jonathan Glass said. The investigation began last month after Pemberton Township police were informed that a hard drive belonging to Metivier contained child sex abuse material. A forensic examination of the hard drive later revealed that it contained multip…
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Willingboro Man With 1,000 Child Porn Files Released From Jail After One Day: Prosecutor
A Burlington County man has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Arthur Pitt, 55, of Willingboro, became the center of an investigation after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children concerning Pitt’s online activities, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. The investigation revealed that Pitt had more than 1,000 child sex abuse images and videos, and utilized an online cloud storage application to store the material. He was arrested Tuesday, July 16 at home in Willingboro and …
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NJ Police Officer Hacked Victim's Facebook, Snapchat To Leak Her Naked Photos: Prosecutor
A 22-year-old South Jersey police officer hacked into a woman's social media account and distributed nude photos that she took of herself — including of some from when she was a minor — to her online friends and contacts, authorities said. Ayron Taylor, 22, of Delran, a Mount Laurel police officer, was charged with several counts of computer crime, endangering the welfare of a child and invasion of privacy, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. The investigation began last month after the victim contacted the Evesham Township Police Department and reported that her Snap…
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hurch Youth Director Shared Over 11K Child Porn Images With 30 People, NJ Prosecutor Says
A 71-year-old former church youth group director from Burlington County shared more than 11,000 child pornography images online with 30 people, authorities said. Arnold DiBlasi, of Marlton, was charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material and endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Miller. DiBlasi, ex-youth group director at Holy Eucharist Parish in Cherry Hill, was taken into custody on July 26 at his residence following a warranted search, they said. Electronic devices seized during the…
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Burlington County Man Arrested For Having Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A 44-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Joshua Hudson, of Mount Laurel, was arrested on Wednesday, March 16 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener. Hudson was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, Coffina and Riedener said. Multiple electronic devices were seized and will be examined by members of the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit, they said. The investigation began in November afte…
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Trenton Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years State Prison For Selling Fatal Dose Of Fentanyl: Prosecutor
A drug dealer from Trenton has been sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a South Jersey man who fatally overdosed on fentanyl. Marvin Montoya, 35, must serve 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Montoya pleaded guilty in January to strict liability for drug-induced death, Coffina said. “Fentanyl continues to take a horrendous toll on the residents of Burlington County,” Coffina said. An investigation began after the victim, 23-year-old Michael Williams, was discov…
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Burlington County Man Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A 53-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested in possession of a large quantify of child pornography, authorities said. Kevin Gaffney, of Marlton, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 23 and charged with child endangerment, they said. Gaffney was taken into custody at his residence following a warranted search. according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Evesham Township Acting Police Chief Walter Miller. Multiple electronic devices were seized and will be examined by members of the BCPO High Tech Crimes Unit, they said in a statement. The investigation began…
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Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor
A 36-year-old volunteer firefighter from South Jersey has been arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. Jay J. Howe of Bordentown Township was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce. Howe, who is a member of a volunteer fire department in Bordentown City, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 9 Howe was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, the prosecutor said. Electronic devices seized during the search will be examined by…
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South Jersey Men Arrested On Child Pornography Charges: Prosecutor
Authorities in Burlington County announced a pair of arrests for the possession of child pornography. Roger A. Eichinger, 58, of Browns Mills, was charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jason Watters. Eichinger was taken into custody on Feb. 1 and released following a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly. An investigation began in November 2021 after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received information regarding Eichinger’s online activities from the N…
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Trenton Drug Dealer Admits Selling Fatal Dose Of Fentanyl, Faces 12 Years Prison: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old man from Trenton has admitted to selling a lethal dose of fentanyl to a customer from Burlington County, authorities said. Marvin Montoya pleaded guilty to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death in exchange for a 12-year New Jersey state prison sentence, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Montoya is due to be sentenced on March 11. An investigation began after 23-year-old Michael Williams was found dead by a relative in their Browns Mills home on Aug. 11, 2020, after he failed to get up for work, Coffina said. The investigation r…
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South Jersey Teenager Charged With Possessing, Sharing Child Porn: Prosecutor
A 19-year-old man from Burlington County has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, authorities said. Dawson Simons, of the 300 block of Seminole Trail in Browns Mills was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jason Watters. Simons reportedly was taken into custody Friday morning after a warranted search of his home, Coffinas and Watters said. Electronic devices that were seized will be examined by detectives from the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Un…
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NJ Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years Prison For Customer's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Prosecutor Says
A 30-year-old Trenton drug dealer has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison for the death of a 22-year-old Burlington County woman who fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. Daquan Marshall, 30, of Trenton, must serve more than six years and nine months before he is eligible for parole, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Marshall pleaded guilty in September to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, he said. “Drug dealers know that selling fentanyl can be deadly to any given customer from any given dose, and we int…
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Drug Dealer Gets 35 Years State Prison In Fatal Overdose, Burlington County Prosecutor Says
A 42-year-old man from South Jersey has been sentenced to 35 years in connection with a drug customer's overdose death, authorities said. Bryant Tayler of Pemberton Township was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced heroin, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Taylor must serve 85 percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole, the prosecutor said. “Fentanyl is a deadly poison, responsible for the majority of the nearly 100,000 overdose deaths in our country last year," Coffina said.&n…
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NJ Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Customer's Fentanyl/Heroin OD Death, Authorities Say
A Trenton drug dealer admit guilty to providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that caused a woman's fatal overdose in 2018, authorities announced Thursday. Daquan Marshall, 30, pleaded guilty to strict liability in the drug-induced death of the first-degree in exchange for a nine-year sentence in New Jersey State Prison on Sept. 14, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Marshall, who pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge John J. Burke III, will be sentenced on Oct. 19. Marshall has been lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since his arrest in April 2019. He…
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Suspected Trenton Drug Dealer Indicted In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Burlington Prosecutor Says
A 34-year-old alleged drug dealer from Trenton has been indicted for causing the fatal overdose of a Pemberton Township man, authorities said. A Burlington County Grand Jury on Aug. 3 returned the indictment against Marvin Montoya, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Montoya was arrested for allegedly selling fentanyl last summer, Coffina said. An investigation began in August 2020 after a relative discovered the victim -- 23-year-old Michael Williams --- in their Brown Mills home the morning of Aug. 11, the prosecutor said. The relative told investigators Williams fai…
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Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000+ Child Porn Images
A 57-year-old man from Burlington County has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for possessing more than 1,000 child pornography images and sharing them on the internet, authorities said. Guy Valachovic of Pemberton Township was sentenced on Friday in Mount Holly by Superior Court Judge Christopher J. Garrenger, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Valachovic pleaded guilty in August 2020 to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Coffina said. An investigation began after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received information in 2019 regard…
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Ex-NJ Camp Counselor Admits Saving More Than 1,000 Child Pornography Images
A 36-year-old former camp counselor from Burlington County has admitted possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography, authorities said. Stephen Gifford of Medford Township entered a guilty plea on May 5 in Superior Court in Mount Holly to endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Gifford formerly worked with children at a Jewish summer camp in Medford Township, according to earlier media reports. Gifford admitted to guilty distributing child sexual assault material in exchange for a plea-bargained 10-year s…
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Staten Island Janitor Gets 3 Years Prison For Seeking Sex With Girl In South Jersey Motel
A 44-year-old hospital janitor has been sentenced to three years in state prison for arranging to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in a Burlington County motel, authorities said. John Emilio of Staten Island pleaded guilty on Dec. 23, 2020, to attempted endangering the welfare of children in exchange for the plea-bargained sentence, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. He tried to arrange the sexual encounter over the internet, Coffina said. “This defendant’s calculated, predatory behavior presented a very real and very dangerous threat to the vulnerable populati…
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South Jersey Pair Arrested On Child Pornography Charges, Including High School Student-Teacher
A pair of men from South Jersey have been arrested on child pornography charges as part of Operation Safe Quarantine, authorities said. One of the Burlington County men arrested had been a student-teacher at Middletown South High School in Monmouth County, authorities said on Friday. He was identified as Matthew Natale, 22, of the 1400 block of Virginia Court in the Marlton section of Evesham. Natale was charged on Tuesday with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of tampering with evidence, Coffina said. The charges involve the possession …
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Prosecutor: Burlington Man, 21, Caught With Child Pornography
A 21-year-old man from Burlington Township has been arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material, authorities said. James Hunt of Threadleaf Terrace was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director Bruce Painter. Hunt was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday and released after a hearing in Superior Court in Mount Holly, Coffina and Painter said. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a Burlington County Grand Jury for possible indictm…
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Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens
A youth pastor who manufactured child porn. A 35-year-old man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. A 40-year-old man who secretly recorded a naked girl, then send out the material. These are only three men of the 15 busted on child porn and other more serious charges, in the second phase of a massive quarantine-driven operation in South Jersey, authorities said (scroll down for a complete rundown of each individual charged). The 15 arrests come are part of "Operation Safe Quarantine II," which ran from August 2020 through January 2021, and fueled by an increase of in threate…
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Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel
A 43-year-old hospital janitor has been arrested for arranging to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in a Burlington County motel, authorities said. John Emilio of Staten Island pleaded guilty on Dec. 23 to attempted endangering the welfare of children in exchange for a three-year sentence in state prison, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Emilio is scheduled to be sentenced before Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland on March 24 in Mount Holly. Emilio became a suspect in November 2019 during a BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit proactive investigation into the exploit…
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Authorities: South Jersey Drug Dealer Caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Of Riverside Man, 38
A 27-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested in connection with the 2018 fatal fentanyl overdose of a customer from Riverside Township, authorities said. David Bender of the Hunters Glen apartment complex on Route 130 in Delran has been charged with strict liability for a drug-induced death and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina, Delran Township Police Chief Alfonso A. Parente Jr., and Riverside Police Chief William T. Eliason. Bender was taken into custody on Thursday by Delran Township police o…
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