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Predator Sting: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says
A Pennsylvania man who arranged what he thought was sex with a pre-teen in a New Jersey hotel was instead seized by federal agents when he showed up, authorities said Wednesday.
Louis Goldenberg, 41 of Philadelphia, "began interacting on a messaging application with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent, who was posing as a middle-aged woman with a 12-year-old niece" last month, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Sept. 20.
Goldenberg messaged the purported aunt, "continuously expressing interest in having sexual contact," the U.S. att…
FBI Seizes Jersey Shore Man Accused Of Enticing Kids Into Making, Sending Sex Videos
An Ocean County man enticed children into producing and sending him sex videos, federal authorities charged.
A federal judge in Trenton ordered Daniel Nilla, 35, Brick, held following his arrest by the FBI, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Friday, Aug. 4.
Nilla received "images and videos containing child exploitation material from five minor victims" he communicated with on an instant messenger app, the U.S. attorney said.
"Nilla induced at least two of those minor victims to send him images and videos of themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct," Sellinger added.
Nilla,…
Child SEX Sting: German Traveler Busted At NJ Hotel After Flying In: Authorities
A German man who flew to the United States for what he thought would be sex with children 10 and 11 years old at a New Jersey hotel was instead arrested by undercover officers, authorities said.
Christian Stefan Walther, 38, of Erfurt, Germany, communicated with two officers via email, phone, and an encrypted messaging app about his “desire for sexual encounters with young children,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
The officers had posed as members of a group of child predators who had access to young children, he said.
Walther, who called himself a "perv to some extent," sen…
Child 'Sexploitation': Ridgewood Man, Accused Female Trafficker From Georgia Busted In Probe
The arrest of a Ridgewood man who sought nude photos and videos from kids he had online sex chats with led investigators to a child in Georgia who was being victimized by a female sex trafficker, authorities said.
James A. Razin, 36, “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, May 25.
Razin, who lives in the Mayflower Apartments complex on East Ridgewood Avenue, also “engaged[d] in live, one-on-one online chats with children and requested nude ima…
Man Gets 24 Years For Taking Sexual Pics And Videos, Stalking 13-Year-Old Girl In Morris County
A Las Vegas, Nevada man was sentenced Friday to 24 years in New Jersey state prison for charges related to stalking and producing explicit photos and videos of a 13-year-old girl in Morris County, authorities said.
Kelvin Briggs, 64, was found guilty in a jury trial last September of endangering the welfare of a child by producing sexually explicit images and videos of a child engaged in a sexual act, as well as sexual assault, distribution of sexually explicit images of a child, engaging in explicit conversations with a child, invasion of privacy, and stalking, Morris County Prosecutor Robe…
Hudson County Man Enticed Minors To Send Him Homemade Porn Pics, Video, FBI Charges
A Hudson County man was arrested by the FBI after he enticed two underage children to create and send him porn photos and videos of themselves, federal authorities charged.
Erick Solis, 25, "used a social media application to engage with two underage victims in sexually explicit conversations," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Thursday.
He then "instructed both victims to take sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves and send them to him," Sellinger said.
At least one of them complied, the U.S. attorney said.
Solis, who's recently lived in Union City and Weehawken, was…
