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NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To Bergen To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To Bergen To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To Bergen To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer UPDATE: A dental hygienist who was arrested in Bergen County after coming from Rockland to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl was sent to state prison for what could be less than a year. Dariush Ghamarnezhad, 42, of Pomona was among 16 men from Bergen, Passaic, Rockland and Westchester counties who were busted by authorities during a five-day 2019 sting operation dubbed “Operation Home Alone." Various law enforcement agencies united to nab men who they said tried to lure youngsters into sex through social media. Just about all of them were arrested when they showed up at a residen…
Student Shared Homemade Child Porn Via Montclair State Internet: NJAG Student Shared Homemade Child Porn Via Montclair State Internet: NJAG
Student Shared Homemade Child Porn Via Montclair State Internet: Njag UPDATE: A Montclair State University junior who was arrested for collecting child porn used the school's Internet connection to post videos of children pleasuring themselves that he'd convinced them to make by posing as a woman, authorities charged. The allegation is among new details that emerged from an indictment returned against Keyon Luff, 21, of Edgewater Park in Burlington County by a state grand jury in Trenton. Daily Voice reported Luff's initial arrest this past May.  Armed with a court-approved warrant, state Cybercrime Bureau/Internet Crimes Against Children investiga…
FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos
FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos An Ocean County man enticed children into producing and sending him sex videos, federal authorities charged. A federal judge in Trenton ordered Daniel Nilla, 35, Brick, held following his arrest by the FBI, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Friday, Aug. 4. Nilla received "images and videos containing child exploitation material from five minor victims" he communicated with on an instant messenger app, the U.S. attorney said. "Nilla induced at least two of those minor victims to send him images and videos of themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct," Sellinger added. Nilla,…
South Jersey Man Sentenced For Trying To Buy Child Porn Off 12-Year-Old Girl: Authorities South Jersey Man Sentenced For Trying To Buy Child Porn Off 12-Year-Old Girl: Authorities
South Jersey Man Sentenced For Trying To Buy Child Porn Off 12-Year-Old Girl: Authorities A 25-year-old South Jersey man was sentenced to time behind bars for trying to purchase sexual images from a 12-year-old Massachusetts girl, authorities said. Nicholas D. Coffin, of West Deptford, was sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison and must serve five years before he's eligible for parole, Swansea Police Chief Marc Haslam said.  Coffin is also under a no-contact order, subject parole supervision for life, Megan’s Law restriction, must pay restitution to victims, and is subject to fines. He was convicted in Gloucester County Superior Court of Endangeri…
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…
Convicted NJ Child Porn Trafficker Gets 20+ Years In Fed Pen, No Parole, For Enticing Minors Convicted NJ Child Porn Trafficker Gets 20+ Years In Fed Pen, No Parole, For Enticing Minors
Convicted NJ Child Porn Trafficker Gets 20+ Years In Fed Pen, No Parole, For Enticing Minors A convicted child porn trafficker from Union County must spend no fewer than 20 years in federal prison for doing it again while soliciting two children to "engage in sexually explicit conduct online," authorities said. Christopher Gardiner, 39, of Cranford, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained 20 years and eight months that he was sentenced to on Tuesday, Feb. 8, because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Gardiner, who'd been convicted of similar charges in Union County in 2007, conducted an "ongoing sexually graphic conversation on a web-based social media appl…
Jersey City Temp Charged With Trying To Extort Children On Gaming App To Send Him Nude Pics Jersey City Temp Charged With Trying To Extort Children On Gaming App To Send Him Nude Pics
Jersey City Temp Charged With Trying To Extort Children On Gaming App To Send Him Nude Pics A Jersey City man tried to extort children he met on a gaming app to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves, a state grand jury indictment charges. Ndachi I. Ndungu, 25, was among 31 men charged in a three-month roundup of accused predators, pedophiles and perverts after investigators learned that he'd tried to extort a 12-year-old girl into sending him nude photos of herself, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Further investigation by New Jersey State Police and state Division of Criminal Justice detectives found that Ndungu also chatted on Discord …
Westchester Delivery Driver Gets Four Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bergen 'Girl,' 14 Westchester Delivery Driver Gets Four Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bergen 'Girl,' 14
Westchester Delivery Driver Gets Four Years In Prison For Seeking Sex With Bergen 'Girl,' 14 A takeout food delivery driver from Westchester who was arrested when he showed up at a Bergen County home for sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison. Jacob Smith, 28, used the name “LaidbackJay” to connect on the online app with what turned out to be an undercover detective posing as an underage girl. Smith ended up becoming one of seven men from New York State taken into custody after travelling to the house being used by local and state authorities in what was known as “Operation Home Alone.” Before showing up, Smith “expressed…
Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen
Somerset Man Who Flew To Philippines For Sex With Minor Sentenced To 9 Years In Fed Pen A Somerset County man who flew to the Philippines to have sex with a minor he met online is headed to federal prison for nine years. James A. Diggs, 45, of Somerville, told a U.S. District Court judge earlier this year that he used a messaging app to “persuade, induce, entice, and coerce” the victim into having sex with him during what became an October 2018 visit to the Southeast Asian country. He headed there out of JFK Airport in Queens at least seven times over four years, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachel A. Honig said. Rather than go to trial, Diggs took a deal from the gove…
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says One pedophile traveled to Atlantic City from Oklahoma for sex with two pre-teenage girls. Another had a girl carve his initials into her legs. A third posted a social media video of her raping a youngster she was babysitting. These were among 21 people busted in a massive state pedophile roundup, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. Opportunities for predators to contact children directly have dramatically increased with remote home learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grewal said. “Reports to our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of potential pred…