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NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes
NJ Predator Admits Getting Underage Girl To Share Nudes A New Jersey man admitted posing as someone else to get a minor to pose naked online for him. Federal authorities had charged Sunil Vaid, 51, of North Brunswick with posing online as various people, including a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to meet underage victims. Rather than risk the outcome of a trial, Vaid took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to inducing one of them to engage in cybersex, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. U.S. District Court Judge Claire C. Cecchi scheduled sentencing for Feb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Essex County Man Thought Detective Was 13-Year-Old Girl In Online Chat: Evesham PD Essex County Man Thought Detective Was 13-Year-Old Girl In Online Chat: Evesham PD
Essex County Man Thought Detective Was 13-Year-Old Girl In Online Chat: Evesham PD A 33-year-old man from Essex County was arrested after trying to arrange a sexual encounter with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, authorities said. Jonti Pizarro, of Irvington, was charged on Sept. 12 with attempted sexual assault, enticing a minor, child endangerment and attempted criminal sexual contact, according to Eveham police. Pizarro was being held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly pending a first appearance in Superior Court. The investigation began several months ago after Pizarro allegedly contacted a detective in an online chat room, police said. During …

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by Jon Craig
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Bergen County Man Shared Child Porn With Undercover Agent: Feds Bergen County Man Shared Child Porn With Undercover Agent: Feds
Bergen County Man Shared Child Porn With Undercover Agent: Feds A 34-year-old Bergen County man is facing federal charges for sharing child porn online — once with an undercover agent, authorities said. New Milford's Michael Kimmerle distributed videos of child sex abuse through a peer-to-peer file-sharing program from August 2021 through August 2022, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Friday, Oct. 7. An undercover agent conducted online session using the same program, during with a user shared multiple videos of child sex abuse from an IP address that traced back to Kimmerle's home, Sellinger said. A raid of Kimmerle's home turned up thumbnail ima…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say 'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say
'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say A 40-year-old man purchased human body parts from a woman in Arkansas using Facebook, police in Pennsylvania say.  Jeremy Pauley has been under investigation by local police and the FBI since the East Pennsboro Township police first received a call of "suspicious activity" in the 200 block of North Enola Road around 7 a.m. on June 14, according to a release by the department.  The local police worked with the FBI Harrisburg, FBI Scranton, FBI Arkansas, Arkansas State Police, Cumberland County Coroners office, Cumberland County Forensics Division, Bloomsburg Police Department,…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl' Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl'
Registered NJ Sex Offender Busted By Undercover NY Officers In Targeting 'Teen Girl' A registered sex offender was busted by undercover officers during a sexual predator sting operation in New York, officials announced. Brian Reed, 33, of Sussex, was busted and indicted following an online sting conducted by the District’s Attorney’s Special Investigative Unit. Rockland County DA Thomas Walsh II noted that Reed is a registered sex offender with a past conviction in New Jersey. According to Walsh, between Wednesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 26, Reed allegedly exchanged text messages, photos, and phone calls - all sexually explicit in nature - with what he believed to be a 1…

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by Zak Failla
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Feds: Hudson Grammar School Teacher From Morris Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Feds: Hudson Grammar School Teacher From Morris Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Feds: Hudson Grammar School Teacher From Morris Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A Hudson County grammar school teacher from Morris County was arrested by federal agents who caught him trafficking child porn, authorities said. A federal magistrate judge in Newark ordered Anselmo Girimonte, 51, of Wharton detained following his arrest by members of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigations on Friday, March 4, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Girimonte, previously of Madison and Bloomfield, has taught Italian in grades 3 through 8 in the Kearny School District since 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile. Sellinger said Girimonte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Child Porn Probe: NY Bank Tech Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Investigators Child Porn Probe: NY Bank Tech Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Investigators
Child Porn Probe: NY Bank Tech Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Investigators A West Milford man who works as a tech for a New York security company had a side pursuit, as well, authorities said. Steven F. Jackson, 44, was charged with being the leader of a child pornography network after investigators learned that he'd used a chat room to share videos and other images of child sexual abuse, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. The Internet Crime Against Children Task Force detectives seized several electronic devices as part of a five-month investigation leading to Jackson's arrest, the sheriff said. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office assisted, he said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-NJ Camp Counselor Admits Saving More Than 1,000 Child Pornography Images Ex-NJ Camp Counselor Admits Saving More Than 1,000 Child Pornography Images
Ex-NJ Camp Counselor Admits Saving More Than 1,000 Child Pornography Images A 36-year-old former camp counselor from Burlington County has admitted possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography, authorities said. Stephen Gifford of Medford Township entered a guilty plea on May 5 in Superior Court in Mount Holly to endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.  Gifford formerly worked with children at a Jewish summer camp in Medford Township, according to earlier media reports.  Gifford admitted to  guilty distributing child sexual assault material in exchange for a plea-bargained 10-year s…

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by Jon Craig
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Maywood IT Engineer Charged With 21,000 Online Child Porn Images Maywood IT Engineer Charged With 21,000 Online Child Porn Images
Maywood IT Engineer Charged With 21,000 Online Child Porn Images A married IT engineer from Maywood was caught with 21,000 digital child porn files, authorities said. Dustin Alan Taylor, 38, was arrested during a raid at his Stewart Street home as part of a several-month investigation into online child pornography, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit seized devices containing a trove of images “depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children” during Friday’s raid, the prosecutor said. They charged Taylor with child porn possession and sent him to the Bergen County J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison Child Porn Trafficking South Jersey Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison Child Porn Trafficking
South Jersey Man Gets 5 Years In State Prison Child Porn Trafficking A South Jersey man was sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in state prison for trafficking child porn. Detectives monitoring a peer-to-peer file-sharing network popular with sex offenders found files shared by Robert N. Mahmud, 51, of Carneys Point, authorities said. Detectives from the state Division of Criminal Justice then raided Mahmud’s home in June 2018, assisted by members of the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office and Carneys Point police, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. They seized a thumb drive and external hard drives that held 250 images of children being…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid
Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid UPDATE: The recently-hired director of a before- and after-school program in Saddle Brook exchanged nude images with a victim under 16 and had conversations on social media with several juveniles that "included sexually explicit dialogue," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Jack T. Anderson, 25, of Fair Lawn, also met with one of the minors at least three separate times, the prosecutor said. Anderson has worked extensively with youngsters the past several years in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, records show. Musella asked that any parent or guardian who determ…

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by Jerry DeMarco