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NJ Software Engineer Busted With 10,000 Photos Of Child Sex Abuse, Authorities Say
A New Jersey man was arrested after more than 10,000 photos depicting child sex abuse were discovered on his computer, authorities said Monday.
Joseph Poutre, 55, of Middletown, was charged with a single count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said.
Ruotolo's office began investigating following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Spearheaded by Det. Craig Famoso, the investigation led to an IP address being used by Poutre, who at the time lived on the 2000 block of Princeton Avenue in Fa…
NJ Man, 19, Charged With Animal Cruelty After Starving Pets To Death, Prosecutor Says
A 19-year-old Union County man is facing criminal charges of animal cruelty after severely neglecting three pets, two of who died, authorities said.
Plainfield police were called to Rock Avenue on reports of a suspicious item dumped on the side of the road, where they found the body of a severely emaciated pit bull inside of a plastic bag on Nov. 3, Union County Assistant Prosecutor Patricia Cronin said.
A subsequent investigation found that Aiden R. Turso, 19, had three pets that had suffered severe neglect, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said.
Those pets includ…
PA Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Rahway Shooting
A Pennsylvania man was arrested in a 2019 Rahway shooting, authorities said Friday.
Clifford Cooley, 38, of Allentown, PA, was charged with attempted murder, burglary, weapons offenses and aggravated assault in the Nov. 8, 2019 incident, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Chief John Rodger said.
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, Rahway police rushed to a home on the 1300 block of Fulton Street near the downtown train station where they found a man with a gunshot wound in his face, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Tomlin…
