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Ariana Grande's Ex-BF, Former NJ Nets Kid Dancer Sexted With Underage Students, Police Say Ariana Grande's Ex-BF, Former NJ Nets Kid Dancer Sexted With Underage Students, Police Say
Ariana Grande's Ex-BF, Former NJ Nets Kid Dancer Sexted With Underage Students, Police Say A dance instructor who once dated singer and actress Ariana Grande and danced for the NJ Nets (before they became the Brooklyn Nets) is facing child sex crimes charges after exchanging sexual content with underage students, authorities said. Long Island’s Jordan Viscomi, 30, of Centereach, was arrested Wednesday, May 17, according to Suffolk County Police. According to investigators, he met and befriended two girls, ages 15 and 16, while they were dance students there. Over three days in April 2023, Viscomi engaged in live video chats and text messages with the teens, and exchanged sexual …
Montclair State Junior Who Collected Child Porn Got Kids To Send Sex Vids, Authorities Charge Montclair State Junior Who Collected Child Porn Got Kids To Send Sex Vids, Authorities Charge
Montclair State Junior Who Collected Child Porn Got Kids To Send Sex Vids, Authorities Charge Investigators who arrested a student at Montclair State University for collecting child porn made a frightening discovery after raiding his dorm room, authorities said. The MSU junior from Burlington County had contacted underage children online using a bogus identity, then engaged them in sexually explicit chats – and even had some send him videos of them pleasuring themselves, they said. Keyon Luff, 21, of Edgewater Park, was arrested by state Division of Criminal Justice detectives assisted by Montclair State police during a raid of his on-campus dorm room last week, New Jersey Attorney …
Youth Baseball Coach, Sub Teacher Sexually Assaulted Teen Player In Morris County: Authorities Youth Baseball Coach, Sub Teacher Sexually Assaulted Teen Player In Morris County: Authorities
Youth Baseball Coach, Sub Teacher Sexually Assaulted Teen Player In Morris County: Authorities A 27-year-old substitute teacher and baseball coach is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teen boy on his team for months, authorities in Morris County said. Joseph Derose Jr., of Rockaway Township, who is a substitute teacher at Catherine A. Dwyer Elementary School, began a relationship with the 16-year-old boy in May 2021, and continued through January 2022, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Derose was the boy's baseball coach for various recreational and school-related teams during the specified time period, authorities said. The alleged assaults took plac…
Basketball Coach Entered Girls' Locker Room, Inappropriately Messaged Teens: Hudson Prosecutor Basketball Coach Entered Girls' Locker Room, Inappropriately Messaged Teens: Hudson Prosecutor
Basketball Coach Entered Girls' Locker Room, Inappropriately Messaged Teens: Hudson Prosecutor A high school basketball coach in Hudson County was arrested after authorities said he went into a girls' locker room and sent inappropriate messages to three teen girls on social media. Memorial High School coach Ariel Alava, 41, of West New York, went into the locker room after a football game in Jersey City on Jan. 27, 2022, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Two 15-year-old girls and Memorial High School students, and a former 17-year-old female student, also reported receiving inappropriate messages on social media from Alava on various dates between August and Oct…
Jersey Shore Police Officer Admits Attempted Sexual Assault On Unconscious Woman: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Police Officer Admits Attempted Sexual Assault On Unconscious Woman: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Police Officer Admits Attempted Sexual Assault On Unconscious Woman: Prosecutor A Keansburg police officer has admitted to a sex crime and is now expected to lose his job, register as a sex offender and serve a prison term, authorities said. Nicholas Thompson, 25, pleaded guilty to a second-degree charge of attempted aggravated sexual assault on Tuesday, May 17, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. An investigation by members of the Prosecutor’s Office revealed that in January 2021, the crime took place at a private residence, when the victim, an adult female, was unconscious and incapable of consent, Linskey said. Thom…
Man Who Showed Up For Sex With 'Girl,' 13, At NJ Motel Sent To Federal Prison Man Who Showed Up For Sex With 'Girl,' 13, At NJ Motel Sent To Federal Prison
Man Who Showed Up For Sex With 'Girl,' 13, At NJ Motel Sent To Federal Prison A Bronx man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for arranging what he thought would be sex with a 13-year-old girl at a New Jersey motel. Eduardo Silva, 44, must serve the entire term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb also sentenced him to lifetime supervised release during a hearing in federal court in Camden on Thursday, April 28. Silva used a social media app to ask the “minor” whether she was “into older guys,” U.S Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He then “sent a series of explicit online communications and text mess…
NJ Man Thought He Was Meeting Teen Boy For Sex -- It Was Undercover Agent, Prosecutor Says NJ Man Thought He Was Meeting Teen Boy For Sex -- It Was Undercover Agent, Prosecutor Says
NJ Man Thought He Was Meeting Teen Boy For Sex -- It Was Undercover Agent, Prosecutor Says A New Jersey man who thought he was chatting with a 15-year-old boy online was actually talking to an undercover officer, and was arrested when he tried meeting up with him at a strip mall, authorities said. Kevin Hilbert, 53, of Florence, had been talking to the "boy" over a social media app for several weeks in April and May, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office announced. He was arrested on May 5, after picking up a beverage for the teen at a convenience store and then heading to the Hamilton strip mall to meet him, authorities said. The undercover officer had told Hamilton soon into c…
South Jersey Man Admits Trying To Meet Teenager For Sex South Jersey Man Admits Trying To Meet Teenager For Sex
South Jersey Man Admits Trying To Meet Teenager For Sex A 36-year-old man from Camden County has admitted trying to meet a teenage girl for sex at a Burlington County park, authorities said. In a plea-bargained exchange for a three-year state prison sentence, Jason McCann of Blackwood pleaded guilty to attempt to commit endangering the welfare of a child - impairing or debauching the morals of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. McCann attempted to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex at a park in Bordentown Township, Coffina said. McCann will also be placed on the New Jersey sex offender r…
NJ: Montclair Retiree Shared Sex Chats, Child Porn Pics With Boys, Tried To Lure One NJ: Montclair Retiree Shared Sex Chats, Child Porn Pics With Boys, Tried To Lure One
NJ: Montclair Retiree Shared Sex Chats, Child Porn Pics With Boys, Tried To Lure One A Montclair retiree had sex chats with underage boys, sent them pornographic images and even tried to lure one to have sex with him, said authorities who urged any other potential victims to come forward. An unidentified social media service tipped off authorities that Keith Matheis, 67, had messaged a child exploitation file to someone, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. The Elmwood Park native, it turned out, “engaged in sexually explicit chats with multiple users he believed were under 16 years old,” Grewal said. He also “arranged to meet one suspected minor chi…
Prosecutor: Newark Hotel Clerk From Bergen Had 2,263 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Newark Hotel Clerk From Bergen Had 2,263 Child Porn Files
Prosecutor: Newark Hotel Clerk From Bergen Had 2,263 Child Porn Files A Newark front desk clerk from Hackensack collected nearly 2,300 child porn files, authorities charged. Jeremy M. Haar, 22, who has a previous related arrest history, remained held in the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark following a months-long joint investigation by the FBI and Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, they said Tuesday. Haar “used the Internet to view, download, and possess approximately 2,263 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children on three different mobile devices,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Wyndham hotel c…
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes A retired Toms River Regional school district employee has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sex crimes against two children, authorities said. William J. Herflicker, III, 57, was sentenced on Monday for crimes committed between 2005 and 2010, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Herflicker was convicted on Jan. 22 after a jury trial, the prosecutor said. Herflicker was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski sentenced Herflicker to 15 years in state prison on each count to…
‘American Ninja Warrior’ Champ Drew Drechsel Accused Of Having Years-Long Sex With NJ Teen ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Champ Drew Drechsel Accused Of Having Years-Long Sex With NJ Teen
‘American Ninja Warrior’ Champ Drew Drechsel Accused Of Having Years-Long Sex With NJ Teen A three-time winner of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” is accused of multiple sex crimes involving an underage girl, authorities said. Drew Drechsel, known as “The Real Life Ninja” on the show, was arrested Tuesday at his home in Saint Cloud, Florida. Drechsel is accused of manufacturing child pornography, enticing a minor to travel for sex and use of interstate commerce to entice a minor, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The alleged victim said she and Drechsel had sex multiple times around New Jersey, including in the parking lot of a restaurant and outside a gy…
Prosecutor: Dover Man Gets Decade In Prison For Assaulting Teen, Witness Tampering Prosecutor: Dover Man Gets Decade In Prison For Assaulting Teen, Witness Tampering
Prosecutor: Dover Man Gets Decade In Prison For Assaulting Teen, Witness Tampering A Dover man was sentenced to a decade in state prison for assaulting a 16-year-old and tampering with a witness, authorities said. Levi Young, 20 -- who previously pled guilty to aggravated  assault (strangulation), child endangerment and witness tampering -- was sentenced last Friday in Superior Court, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. A spokesperson for the MCPO said there were multiple incidents between March and July 2019. Young must serve a minimum of 51 months (4.25 years) before he is eligible for parole. Authorities did not release further information. Prosecutor&n…