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Michael Figueroa, 31, was first charged Wednesday, April 19 after investigators executing a search warrant at his Jefferson Township home found and seized “multiple handguns, pump action rifle, approximately 11 bricks of suspected heroin, weighing less than one-half ounce, a bag of suspected cocaine weighing less than one-half ounce, ammunition, and one digital scale,” Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said Monday, May 8.
After Figueroa’s arrest, investigators allegedly found material depicting the sexual abuse of a child under 13 years old spanning about two years on his smartphone. Additional photos were also found, Carroll said.
Figueroa was initially charged with two counts of possession of a firearm while distributing drugs and other weapons and drug offenses. He now faces additional charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, three counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of child endangerment (sexual conduct and physical abuse), production of child sexual abuse material, child endangerment (filming sexual act), and other related offenses.
A motion for pretrial detention was filed and granted following a hearing on Friday, May 5.
Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to contact the Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at 973-285-6200.
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