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Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor
Were Yours Contacted? Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: Bergen Prosecutor An unemployed Bergen County man paid children to strip during webchats so he could take screenshots that he then viewed and shared, authorities charged. Edward A. Torres, 23, tried destroying the evidence during a court-approved raid of his Union Place apartment off Harding Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit had learned that Torres “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. He got children to produce some of those…
'BLOOD BATH': Out-Of-State Man Who Threatened NJ Executive Over Stocks Sent To Federal Prison 'BLOOD BATH': Out-Of-State Man Who Threatened NJ Executive Over Stocks Sent To Federal Prison
'Blood Bath': Out-Of-State Man Who Threatened NJ Executive Over Stocks Sent To Federal Prison An out-of-state man who threatened an executive officer at a New Jersey-based company where he used to work must spend the next 14 months in federal prison. Alan Wallace, 59, of Cumming, GA, had worked at a company facility in Georgia for nearly 18 years before he was involuntarily terminated in 2017, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. He began by sending an anonymous violent threat in January 2021 detailing how the family of the executive who worked at the New Jersey headquarters would pay if the publicly-traded company's stock prices didn't increase over the next m…
Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor
Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Nearly 3½ years behind bars made little difference to a compulsive cyber-stalker from Bergen County who went right back after his victim just months after being released, authorities charged. Daniel Pfeiffer, 33, of Old Tappan was originally convicted several years ago of posting fake nude photos and bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated more than a decade ago. He ended up serving 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after taking a plea deal. No sooner was he released than he was back at it, victimizing the same woman in October 2019, authorities charged. Pfeiffer took another …
Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn
Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn A 26-year-old college student who lives around the corner from a Closter grade school was caught trafficking child porn, authorities said. John S. Soh was charged following a warranted raid at his home just off Houmans Avenue near the PK-4 Hillside Elementary School late last week, authorities said. Soh had “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit charged Soh with possession and distribution of child porn…
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…
Authorities: Lyndhurst Man Got Kids To Strip On Camera, Has Yours Chatted With Him? Authorities: Lyndhurst Man Got Kids To Strip On Camera, Has Yours Chatted With Him?
Authorities: Lyndhurst Man Got Kids To Strip On Camera, Has Yours Chatted With Him? An unemployed Lyndhurst had online sexual chats with children whom he convinced to undress for the camera, said authorities who urged parents to check with their youngsters. Vincent P. Incalcaterra, 21, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of producing, distributing and possessing child pornography and child endangerment. Incalcaterra, who was arrested during a raid of his Maple Avenue home last week, used a variety of screen names to communicate with the victims while sharing videos of them with ot…
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Man, 25, Had Sex Chats, Nude Pic Swaps With Kids, More Victims Possible Prosecutor: Fort Lee Man, 25, Had Sex Chats, Nude Pic Swaps With Kids, More Victims Possible
Prosecutor: Fort Lee Man, 25, Had Sex Chats, Nude Pic Swaps With Kids, More Victims Possible A 25-year-old Fort Lee man collected child pornography and exchanged nude images during sexually explicit conversations with children, authorities charged. Sky Jack Marshall may have had similar contact with other youngsters, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Marshall “used the Internet to view, download and possess files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. He also used social media messaging with juveniles to “engage in sexually explicit dialogue and send nude images to underage children, the prosecutor said. “During such …
Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say
Hoboken Bar Owner Busted For Child Porn At His Bergen Home, Authorities Say An owner of one of Hoboken’s oldest bars was charged with trafficking child porn following a raid at his Bergen County home, authorities said. John M. Tucceri, 62, was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit who searched his Fairview home earlier this month, county Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Tucceri – whose family has owned and operated the 8th Street Tavern on Washington Street for 50 years -- “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Musella said. Detective…
NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Pre-Teen For Nude Pics, Sex Talk? NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Pre-Teen For Nude Pics, Sex Talk?
NJ Prosecutor: Did Cyber-Predator Ask Your Pre-Teen For Nude Pics, Sex Talk? Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella asked parents to check whether their children were contacted by an out-of-state man who created various identities to have sex chats with a local pre-teen whom he tried to extort into sending him pornographic images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives found that “several different online personalities engaged the same child victim in separate conversations, some of which contained sexually explicit content and dialogue,” Musella said. All of the social media accounts used to contact the Bergen County child were controlled by Jason J. Campbell, a 31-year-old s…
Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On Bergen Pre-Teen, Possibly Others Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On Bergen Pre-Teen, Possibly Others
Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On Bergen Pre-Teen, Possibly Others Detectives from Bergen County seized a security guard in Florida who they said created various identities to have sex chats with a local pre-teen whom he tried to extort into sending him pornographic images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives found that “several different online personalities engaged the same child victim in separate conversations, some of which contained sexually explicit content and dialogue,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. All of the social media accounts used to contact the Bergen County child were controlled by Jason J. Campbell, 31, of Orlando, the pr…
Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again
Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again A convicted stalker who was released from state prison earlier this year after victimizing the same woman twice was arrested after doing it yet again, Bergen County authorities said. Christopher Greig, 39, of Clifton was responsible for more than 20 “anonymous alarming phone calls and multiple text messages” -- using technology that scrambled his caller ID -- over the course of five weeks, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Formerly of Hawthorne, Greig has a rap sheet that includes numerous arrests for stalking and/or harassment in several Bergen County towns, as wel…
Ex-Planning Board CM In New Milford Gets Three Years For Child Porn Ex-Planning Board CM In New Milford Gets Three Years For Child Porn
Ex-Planning Board CM In New Milford Gets Three Years For Child Porn UPDATE: A former planning board chairman from New Milford who authorities said got underage girls to send him naked photos online was sentenced to three years in state prison. Angelo DeCarlo, a 56-year-old account manager, was originally charged with distributing obscene material to a minor, sexual conduct with a child, child endangerment and viewing or possessing more than 1,000 illegal images when he was arrested last October. Rather than face trial, he pleaded guilty Friday in Superior Court in Hackensack earlier this year to a single second-degree count of endangering the welfare of a c…
Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From Bergen School Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From Bergen School
Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From Bergen School An IT analyst who lives across the street from a Lyndhurst public school was caught with more than 100 child porn images, authorities said. Paul S. An, 26, was arrested Wednesday following a raid of his Stuyvesant Avenue home on July 29, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. An investigation found that An – who lives across from the K-12 Roosevelt School – “used the Internet to view, download, and share approximately 110 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives charged him with three counts …
Restaurant Manager From Lodi Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Restaurant Manager From Lodi Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Restaurant Manager From Lodi Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A restaurant manager from Lodi was charged with trafficking child porn, authorities said. A months-long Internet child pornography investigation found that Michael Caruso, 31, “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Musella didn’t say how many files were seized, nor where Caruso works. Caruso, who lives in the Gardens at Westmont Station Apartments, was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hacken…
Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images
Hackensack Store Manager Charged With Collecting, Sharing Hundreds Of Child Porn Images A retail store supervisor from Hackensack was caught collecting and sharing hundreds of child porn images, authorities said Friday. Ryan McVey, a 33-year-old Maywood native, was arrested during a raid Thursday of his Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit learned that McVey “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 400 digital files and distributed multiple digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. McVey remain…
‘Operation Reboot’: 7 Bergen Men, Juvenile Busted With 32,500 Child Porn Images ‘Operation Reboot’: 7 Bergen Men, Juvenile Busted With 32,500 Child Porn Images
‘Operation Reboot’: 7 Bergen Men, Juvenile Busted With 32,500 Child Porn Images Men from seven different Bergen County towns were busted with more than 32,500 child porn images combined -- among them, a trucker from Westwood who alone had 5,733 illegal files, authorities said. Detectives who participated in “Operation Reboot” arrested the men and a juvenile while seizing files from online accounts and electronic devices of victims “as young as infants and toddlers to pubescent children aged 13-16, in nude, semi-nude, or sexually explicit poses, including child rape videos and images,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Some of those nabbed trafficked images, …