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NJ Feds: Repeat Child Porn Collector Satisfied 'Deviant Desires' With Chats, More
A convicted NJ child porn collector had only just been released from federal prison when investigators said he tried buying kids’ shoes on Facebook Marketplace. And that wasn’t all they said that Andrew Chu, 33, of Edison was up to. Authorities who examined Chu’s laptop and cellphone reported finding more than 100 pornographic images of naked underage girls. They also found live chats that Chu had with naked underage minors while masturbating, a complaint filed in federal court in Newark by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations says. One of them was only 11 years old, agents sa…
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Local NJ Police Sergeant Took Child Porn Images From Investigation For Himself: AG
A local South Jersey police sergeant cherry-picked child porn images for himself from a case that his department was investigating, a grand jury indictment charges. Suspended Vineland Police Officer Christopher Ortiz, 39, of Estell Manor "requested from a subordinate and obtained via email" at least 17 images from a child pornography investigation for unauthorized use, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. All told, investigators found that Ortiz "possessed, viewed, or had under his control at least 100 items depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of children," the attorney …
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Toms River Man Who Had 1K+ Child Porn Pictures Facing More Charges: Prosecutors
A Toms River man is facing more charges after investigators claimed he used several apps to distribute child pornography, authorities said. Edward Lynch, 52, was charged on Sunday, Apr. 21 with distribution of child pornography and an additional count of possession of child pornography, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. Lynch was previously charged with possession of child pornography about eight months earlier. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received tips about someone downloading pictures of child pornography on the in…
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: Retiree, 73, Collected Sexual Images Of Children As Young As 4: Passaic Sheriff
A 73-year-old retiree was caught with more than 1,500 images of naked children as young as four years old engaged in sex -- and investigators suspect there may be more, Acting Passaic County Sheriff Gary Giardina said. Working from a tip, members of Giardina's Internet Crime Against Children Task Force discovered that Edward W. Herbst Jr. of Bloomingdale had uploaded sexual images of youngsters between four and six years old and was looking for more, the sheriff said. They arrested him on Thursday, April 18, while seizing various electronic devices from his home, Giardina said. A…
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NJ Ex-Con Featured On 'America's Most Wanted' Sentenced For Deadly Stabbing
An Ocean County ex-convict and parolee once featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted" will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting to his role in the stabbing death of another man, authorities said. Angelo Grenci, 47, of Berkeley Township, was sentenced on Friday, Apr. 19 to 20 years in state prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 29 to aggravated manslaughter in the killing of 50-year-old Carlton Williams of Seaside Heights. Toms River and Berkeley Township police responded to RWJBarnabas C…
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NJ Teacher Who Posed As Woman To Lure 70 Boys Into Sending Him Nudes Gets 17½ Years: Feds
UPDATE: It's a measure of how despicably and disgustingly a former Union County grade-school teacher and youth soccer coach from Morristown abused dozens of boys he'd met online that a plea bargain got him "only" 17½ years in federal prison. Steven Brooks, 37, must serve at least 85% of the negotiated sentence handed down in federal court in Newark on Thursday, April 18, for posing as a woman to lure at least 70 underage boys into sending him nude photos and videos. That means he'll be in his early 50s before he'll be eligible to experience freedom again. FBI agents who investigated Brooks…
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Hunterdon County Man Possessed Child Porn: Prosecutors
A 34-year-old Alexandria Township resident was arrested and charged on Friday, April 12 with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Eduardo Duran-Carrasco was arrested after an investigation by the New Jersey Internal Crimes Against Unit, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson and Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Law enforcement executed a search warrant of Duran-Currasco's residence, seizing his hard drives and other computer equipment and taking him into custody, Robeson and Ciccone said. Duran-Carrasco was charged with endangering the wel…
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South Jersey Man Accused Of Uploading Child Porn To Internet To Stay In Jail Through Trial
An Ocean County man accused of uploading child pornography to the internet will stay in jail, authorities said. Joseph Asfor, 45, of Berkeley Township, was ordered by a judge on Tuesday, Apr. 9 to remain in jail through his trial, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged on Wednesday, Mar. 27 with possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice. The high-tech crime unit for the county prosecutor's office identified an IP address that was uploading pictures of child pornography to the internet. It was linked to a Berkele…
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Again
? Repeat Bergen Offender Busted Trafficking 28,000 Child Sex Images: Prosecutor
A repeat offender from South Hackensack relapsed following his release from prison by amassing and sharing 28,000 images of child pornography, said authorities who arrested him on Thursday. Corey Barraclough, 33, was released from the Adult Diagnostic Treatment Center in Avenel last October after serving more than 5½ years behind bars. The first 17 months or so were spent in the Bergen County Jail beginning in and the rest in state custody, records show. That's because the Northvale native had been found with more than 2,400 illegal child-porn images -- and was caught chatting online with …
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14 Years Later: Accused Child Porn Collector From New Milford Busted Again
A New Milford man busted for collecting child porn 14 years ago has been arrested again. State Parole Board officers tipped off local authorities after taking Brian Driscoll, 36, into custody this past January, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A court-approved search of Driscoll’s electronic devices by members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit found that he'd “viewed, downloaded, and/or possessed a total of 1,102 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. The detectives arrested Driscoll on Wednesday, March 27, he said. …
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Gay Jersey Shore Wrestling Champ Who Exchanged Naked Selfies With Kids Gets 7+ Years
UPDATE: A former New Jersey state wrestling champion who made national headlines when he came out was sentenced to a plea-bargained seven years and three months in federal prison for trafficking child pornography. Alec Donovan, a 26-year-old youth wrestling coach and referee from Brick Township, was also sentenced to a whopping 30 years of federal supervision after he's released. Donovan had befriended youngsters online, then sent the victims images and videos of child sexual abuse, some of it involving pre-pubescent children, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. He also …
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South Jersey Man Arrested For Uploading Child Porn To Internet: Prosecutors
An Ocean County man was accused of uploading child pornography to the internet, authorities said. Joseph Asfor, 45, of Berkeley Township, was charged on Wednesday, Mar. 27 with possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the charges in a news release on Thursday, Mar. 28. The high-tech crime unit for the county prosecutor's office identified an IP address that was uploading pictures of child pornography to the internet. It was linked to a Berkeley Township home and Asfor was identified as the person uploading the photos. T…
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