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Brand-New School Bus Driver, 28, Busted With Child Porn In Monmouth County: Prosecutor Brand-New School Bus Driver, 28, Busted With Child Porn In Monmouth County: Prosecutor
Brand-New School Bus Driver, 28, Busted With Child Porn In Monmouth County: Prosecutor A Manalapan man who recently got a job as a school bus driver in Jackson Township was arrested and charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, authorities said. Brian R. McBride, 28, also was charged with child endangerment, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office High-Tech Bureau and members of the Monmouth County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, initiated by a tip received through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, revealed tha…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor
South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor Returned lab results show an elementary school janitor accused of contaminating food and utensils with his own bodily fluids at his place of employment show no communicable diseases, authorities in South Jersey said. Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, of Vineland, was previously charged with aggravated assault, tampering with food and official misconduct for the heinous incidents at the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District, where he has worked since 2019, as previously reported by Daily Voice. "Based upon all available test results and clinical criteria, we have d…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Feds: Digital Fingerprints Lead NJ Agents To Convicted Sex Offender's Child Porn Collection Feds: Digital Fingerprints Lead NJ Agents To Convicted Sex Offender's Child Porn Collection
Feds: Digital Fingerprints Lead NJ Agents To Convicted Sex Offender's Child Porn Collection Federal agents working a child porn investigation traced digital fingerprints to a convicted sex offender living in Union County who was downloading more horrifying illegal images when they came busting in, authorities said. Matthew T. Williams, 43, was seized during a raid of his Westfield apartment on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Homeland Security Investigations agents from Newark reported more than 40 child sexual abuse videos found on a drive attached to Williams's computer that was pulling more from the Internet when they arrived. Williams was living in New York State when he was previously con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teacher Hit With New Charges In Case Involving Jersey Shore Student, Nude Photos: Prosecutor Teacher Hit With New Charges In Case Involving Jersey Shore Student, Nude Photos: Prosecutor
Teacher Hit With New Charges In Case Involving Jersey Shore Student, Nude Photos: Prosecutor A middle school teacher and high school advisor has been hit with new charges in a case involving a student and nude photos, authorities said. Andrew Fantasia, 27, of Beachwood, originally was charged on Wednesday, Oct. 25 with aggravated criminal sexual contact, child endangerment and official misconduct, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Fantasia was additionally charged with possession of child pornography and an additional count of child endangerment, Billhimer said. A full forensic analy…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Ex-CBS Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges Ex-CBS Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges
Ex-cbs Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges A South Jersey man who graduated from the University of Maryland and went on to work in TV journalism in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities announced. Cleve W. Bryan Jr. was charged Wednesday, Oct. 18 by police in Washington Township, Gloucester County with endangering the welfare of children by possessing child pornography, the department said. Byran, of the Sewell section of Washington, was taken to the Salem County Correctional Facility pending a court appearance. Bryan's X page bio reads: "Journalist, Storyteller, Father, Husband, Beli…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Judge Imposes Requirements On Tenafly Council Prez, Son Released On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: Judge Imposes Requirements On Tenafly Council Prez, Son Released On Child Porn Charges
Update: Judge Imposes Requirements On Tenafly Council Prez, Son Released On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack released Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son from jail on Wednesday, but both must remain under house arrest at the family's home while they await trial on charges of child porn possession. Superior Court Judge David Labib didn't require electronic monitoring on Grossman and his son, Steven, during separate first appearances for both on Oct. 18. Labib (above photo, right) did impose several requirements after a prosecutor said investigators found more than 1,000 images of sexually abused boys between 10 and 13 collected by Steven Grossman …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Gets 8 Years For Possessing Child Porn Jersey Shore Man Gets 8 Years For Possessing Child Porn
Jersey Shore Man Gets 8 Years For Possessing Child Porn A Keansburg man has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey State Prison for being in possession of large caches of child pornography, authorities said. Jose Gabe Veras, 35, will have to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and also be subject to Parole Supervision for Life, according to Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso. Veras was arrested without incident at his home in Keansburg in February 2020 and was indicted in October 2021. He was convicted of child endangerment for possessing more than 1,000 items of child porn, Alonso sai…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Ramifications Follow Arrests Of Tenafly Council President And Son On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: Ramifications Follow Arrests Of Tenafly Council President And Son On Child Porn Charges
Update: Ramifications Follow Arrests Of Tenafly Council President And Son On Child Porn Charges Shock waves spread from one corner of Bergen County to another with the arrests of Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son on child pornography charges following a raid Thursday at the family home. Jeff Grossman, 65, is a longtime elementary school teacher in Rochelle Park. Steven Grossman, 24, is a substitute teacher in the same district. Both men “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Their Oct. 11 arrests stem from an investigation …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges
Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son, Steven, were both arrested and jailed on child pornography charges following a raid on the family home on Thursday. Shock waves were felt in the borough as well as in Rochelle Park, where Jeff Grossman, 65, is an elementary school teacher and his 24-year-old son a substitute teacher. Both men “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Their Oct. 11 arrests stem from an investigation by members of Mu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Former South Jersey Nurse Admits Collecting Porn Of Children As Young As 12 Former South Jersey Nurse Admits Collecting Porn Of Children As Young As 12
Former South Jersey Nurse Admits Collecting Porn Of Children As Young As 12 An Atlantic County man admitted collecting child porn videos and still images, some involving sadistic or masochistic violence against victims as young as 12, federal authorities said. Special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark caught Anthony Barbarino, 37, with 108 videos and 93 still photographs of child sexual abuse across three electronic devices, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. At least one image was of a prepubescent minor, while another "portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence," Sellinger said. Barbarino, who live…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA
Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA A retired New Jersey fire chief was found with 111 images and videos of child pornography downloaded onto his home computer in Plainfield, Pennsylvania, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney.  Frank Edward Svitak, 65, was investigated after a cybertip was sent to the police when he initially began downloading the pornography, the DA explains.  Judge Jessica Brewbaker has sentenced him to serve two to four years in a Pennsylvania state correctional institution. Once he is released, he will also be required to register with Megan's Law sex offender list, the DA stated…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Repeat Child Porn Trafficker From NJ, 65, Gets 10 More Years Without Parole: Feds Repeat Child Porn Trafficker From NJ, 65, Gets 10 More Years Without Parole: Feds
Repeat Child Porn Trafficker From NJ, 65, Gets 10 More Years Without Parole: Feds A 65-year-old convicted child porn trafficker from New Jersey is headed to federal prison for 10 years without parole for going back to it while on supervised release. Hugh Cohen, 65, of Elizabeth, served nearly all of a five-year federal prison sentence for possessing and receiving child pornography in 2010. Supervised release, which was a requirement of his sentence, was to run from the end of October 2014 to the end of October 2021, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. While still on supervised release, from March 28, 2021, to April 24, 2021, Cohen “engaged an undercover agent in an …

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by Jerry DeMarco