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NJ Man Admits Hiring Hitman To Kill Teen He Shared Sexual Photos With Online: Feds
A Camden County man who shared sexually explicit photos with a 14-year-old child online admitted to paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have the child killed, authorities said.
John Michael Musbach, 31, of Haddonfield, pleaded guilt to an indictment charging him with knowingly and intentionally using and causing another to use a facility of interstate and foreign commerce, that is the internet, with the intent that a murder be committed, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
In the summer of 2015, Musbach reportedly exchanged sexually explicit photographs and videos with the victim, a …
Police Officer Stalked Ex-Girlfriend, Vandalized Her Home: Monmouth Prosecutor
A police officer from the Jersey Shore is accused of stalking and harassing an ex-girlfriend, among other crimes, authorities said.
Erich A. Bennett, 46, a Sea Bright police officer, is charged with official misconduct, computer theft, criminal mischief, making terroristic threats, cyber harassment, stalking and hindering apprehension, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago
Bennett and the victim were in a brief dating relationship that the victim ended in late November 2022. On Dec. 5, 2022, Bennett showed up unannounced to the woman’s residence and thre…
Jersey Shore Man Had Sex Video Chats With Underage Girls: Prosecutor
A 31-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has admitted to having sex video chats with minors, authorities said.
Barton Cross-Tierney 2nd, 31, of Ocean Township, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and exhibiting obscenity to a minor, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said on Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Cross-Tierney, faces up to five years in New Jersey State Prison, mandatory Megan’s Law registration and parole supervision for life, Linskey said.
Throughout 2018, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office received multiple Cybertips regarding a user on Discord (a…
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…
NO Game: Feds Bust Accused Ringleaders Of Worldwide Videogame Hacking Crew
Two accused ringleaders of one of the world’s most notorious videogame hacking groups were in FBI custody and an associate was being sought, federal authorities announced.
All three are members Team Xecuter, a group that the government said develops and sells “jailbreak” devices that allow people to play pirated copies of games on their consoles.
A federal indictment accuses Max “MAXiMiLiEN” Louarn, a 48-year-old French national, Gary “GaryOPA” Bowser, 51, of Canada, and Yuanning Chen, 35, of Shenzhen, China of creating and distributing the devices, which authorities said became more popula…