31,100+ Prepubescent Child Porn Items Found On Former Ridgewood Parking Enforcement Agent: PD

A 23-year-old Bergen County man was arrested after authorities found him with more than 31,100 child pornography items.

Benjamin P. Ritter seen being sworn in as a parking enforcement agent in Ridgewood in July 2023.
Photo Credit: *Bergen County Sheriff's Office/The Ridgewood Blog*

11/26/2024 11:16 a.m.

Benjamin P. Ritter, of Washington Township, became the center of an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit in mid-September, Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

The investigation, which involved a court-authorized search of Ritter's electronic device, revealed that he viewed, saved, downloaded, and/or possessed 31,110 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, the prosecutor said.

Ritter was sworn in as a parking enforcement in agent in Ridgewood in July 2023. A Ridgewood official tells Daily Voice that Ritter resigned "months ago."

Ritter was arrested on Monday, Nov. 25, and charged with second-degree possession of child pornography. He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack.

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