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Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges
Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son, Steven, were both arrested and jailed on child pornography charges following a raid on the family home on Thursday. Shock waves were felt in the borough as well as in Rochelle Park, where Jeff Grossman, 65, is an elementary school teacher and his 24-year-old son a substitute teacher. Both men “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Their Oct. 11 arrests stem from an investigation by members of Mu…

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NJ Celebrity Hairstylist Charged With Trafficking Child Porn, Worked On 'Mrs. Maisel,' More NJ Celebrity Hairstylist Charged With Trafficking Child Porn, Worked On 'Mrs. Maisel,' More
NJ Celebrity Hairstylist Charged With Trafficking Child Porn, Worked On 'Mrs. Maisel,' More A Bergen County hairstylist to the stars is charged with trafficking more than 450 child sex abuse images, authorities said. Daniel Koye, 40, of Rutherford, was seized by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Jan. 28 in Atlanta after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office obtained a warrant for his arrest, they said. He's been held since then in the Clayton County Jail in Jonesboro, GA pending extradition to New Jersey, records show. Authorities began looking for Koye following a warranted search at his Ettrick Terrace apartme…

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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…

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Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible A man who lives steps from an East Rutherford grammar school exchanged obscene photos with juveniles, threatened to share images of those who wouldn’t send him more and deleted nude photos of a 14-year-old girl after investigators got wise to him, authorities said. And that's not all. There may be additional victims, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Damien Imbriano, a 22-year-old facilities coordinator, “used the Internet to engage in conduct (that) would debauch the morals of a child, sent obscene material to a child, and engaged in extortion by threatening to share se…

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Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe
Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe An unemployed Teaneck man was charged with collecting and viewing child porn. Adam S. Rutman, 22, who lives on a quiet street off Queen Anne Road near Route 4 and Teaneck High School, “used the Internet to view, download and possess files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was charged with possession of child pornography and released pending court action following his arrest by members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit. The prosecutor thanked Teaneck police for their assistance, as well as members of the…

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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…

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Prosecutor: Wallington Pizzeria Owner From New Milford Touched, Sexted Teens, Are There More? Prosecutor: Wallington Pizzeria Owner From New Milford Touched, Sexted Teens, Are There More?
Prosecutor: Wallington Pizzeria Owner From New Milford Touched, Sexted Teens, Are There More? A Wallington pizzeria owner from New Milford sexually touched at least three underage teens while trying to get them to have intercourse with him, authorities charged. Investigators were trying to determine whether Juan Cuello-Pina, 30, had contact with any other possible victims, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A judge in Hackensack released Cuello-Pina on Tuesday after he was booked into the Bergen County Jail on four counts of criminal sexual contact and child endangerment hours earlier. That has raised concerns among some parents in town. Cuello-Pina, who’s married, s…

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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…

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COVID-19, Black Friday A 'Super Bowl' Combo For Newest Scams, Here's How To Not Get Beat COVID-19, Black Friday A 'Super Bowl' Combo For Newest Scams, Here's How To Not Get Beat
Covid-19, Black Friday A 'Super Bowl' Combo For Newest Scams, Here's How To Not Get Beat WATCH OUT: The combination of COVID-19 and Black Friday creates the ultimate game for criminals who are skilled at robbing online customers blind, New Jersey's top law enforcer warned. The opportunities for cashing in at your expense this week is "like the Super Bowl for cyber criminals," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. "They are good at the game and have had time to practice and rehearse each play.”  Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs warned consumers to watch out for new online scams and a slew of cyber-attacks as the holiday shopping season kicks off on w…

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