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Feds: 82-Year-Old NJ Man Collected, Shared Hundreds Of Child Porn Vids, Pics Feds: 82-Year-Old NJ Man Collected, Shared Hundreds Of Child Porn Vids, Pics
Feds: 82-Year-Old NJ Man Collected, Shared Hundreds Of Child Porn Vids, Pics An 82-year-old Morris County man was charged with trafficking child porn after authorities said he shared videos with an undercover detective. William Harbeson, 82, of Boonton, was released by a federal judge in Newark on $100,000 unsecured bond, with conditions, after being charged by agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations New Jersey Division. Harberson “distributed videos of child sexual abuse via a publicly available online peer-to-peer file-sharing program,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Wednesday, Nov. 23. What Harberson did…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Air Force Officer From NJ Admits Trafficking Child Porn Air Force Officer From NJ Admits Trafficking Child Porn
Air Force Officer From NJ Admits Trafficking Child Porn An Air Force officer from Camden County admitted sharing child porn videos and images with others through a cloud, federal authorities said. Federal agents began investigating Ryan Osinski, 31, of Cherry Hill following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. They found that “images of child sexual abuse were shared from an IP address assigned to Osinski’s residence,” the U.S. attorney said. "Numerous images and videos of child sexual abuse” were found on his phone, as were links and folders on a cloud storage site that Osi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Child Porn Seized From Central Jersey Man: Prosecutor Child Porn Seized From Central Jersey Man: Prosecutor
Child Porn Seized From Central Jersey Man: Prosecutor A 36-year-old Somerset County man has been arrested on accusations he had and shared child pornography, authorities said. A search warrant executed at Bernardino Gonzalez Lorenzana's Robin Road home in Hillsborough Monday, Nov. 7 found "numerous files depicting the sexual exploitation and/or abuse of children," Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, agents from of U.S Homeland Security Investigation – Newark Field Office and members of the Hillsborough Township Police Department had been acting on a tip from&…

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NJ Man Kidnapped 2 Young Girls To Sexually Abuse One At NY Hotel: Report NJ Man Kidnapped 2 Young Girls To Sexually Abuse One At NY Hotel: Report
NJ Man Kidnapped 2 Young Girls To Sexually Abuse One At NY Hotel: Report A 19-year-old New Jersey man was behind bars for kidnapping two young girls from their home in upstate New York, and sexually assaulting one, authorities said. The man, identified by WNYT as Yusef Illeez, of Cherry Hill, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 8, following a joint investigation that included State Police, Schenectady County Child Protective Services, and the FBI. According to New York State Police, Illeez kidnapped the girls, ages 9 and 11, from their Schenectady home in January 2022 after meeting one of them online. He allegedly took them to a hotel, where he sexually abused the …

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by Michael Mashburn
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NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds
NJ Predator Got Nudes From Girls By Posing As Trainer, Online Dater, Career Consultant: Feds A New Jersey man posed online as a man seeking romance, a woman offering career help and a personal trainer to persuade female teens to send him nude photos and videos, federal authorities charged. Sunil Vaid, 50, of North Brunswick "used multiple fraudulent online personas on a social media platform and several email accounts to target female victims under the age of 18," U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. "At different times, he posed as a male who was interested in a romantic relationship and could help them start their modeling careers, a female who could help their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Store Clerk From Ramsey Charges With Collecting Child Porn Store Clerk From Ramsey Charges With Collecting Child Porn
Store Clerk From Ramsey Charges With Collecting Child Porn A 42-year-old store clerk from Ramsey was charged with collecting online child porn. Steven Vanduysen was arrested during a raid of his Spruce Run condo last Friday, Oct. 14, and remained in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit found that VanDuysen had “ used the Internet to view, download, and possess over 100 files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children.” They charged him with possession of child pornography and sent him to the county lockup to await a first appearance in C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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Phillipsburg Man Charged With Distributing Child Porn After Uploading Photos To Dropbox: Police Phillipsburg Man Charged With Distributing Child Porn After Uploading Photos To Dropbox: Police
Phillipsburg Man Charged With Distributing Child Porn After Uploading Photos To Dropbox: Police A Phillipsburg man was charged with child endangerment for distributing child pornography after uploading photos to his Dropbox account, authorities said. Zachary Danner, 23, of Guy Rd., was charged with four counts of child endangerment for distributing child pornography — one for reproducing the material, one for possession with intent to distribute the material, one for distribution of the material, and one for possession of the material, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release with local officials in Thursday, Oct. 6. Danner was identified as a suspect after a file-…

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by Valerie Musson
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Warren County Man, 31, Distributed Child Porn On Discord Social Media Platform, Prosecutor Says Warren County Man, 31, Distributed Child Porn On Discord Social Media Platform, Prosecutor Says
Warren County Man, 31, Distributed Child Porn On Discord Social Media Platform, Prosecutor Says A 31-year-old Warren County man was arrested after being caught distributing child pornography on a social media platform known as Discord, authorities said on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Michael S. Lovell-Agnelli, of Fairview Ave. in Phillipsburg, was charged with two counts of child endangerment, one for distribution and the other for possession of child pornography, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer announced in a joint release. An investigation was launched by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after the organization was alerted by Discord that a user had been upload…

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by Valerie Musson
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Tri-State Tour Company Founder Gets 7 Years, No Parole, In Child Porn Case Tri-State Tour Company Founder Gets 7 Years, No Parole, In Child Porn Case
Tri-State Tour Company Founder Gets 7 Years, No Parole, In Child Porn Case A tri-state nature tour company founder from North Jersey was sentenced to a plea-bargained seven years in federal prison for collecting hundreds of child porn images. Vaughn Tiedeman -- whose Living Adventure Tours operates in the Garden State, New York and Pennsylvania -- must serve out the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He'll also remain under supervised release for 10 years under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark on Thursday, Sept. 21. Special agents of the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Inv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Out-Of-State Teen Jailed In Paramus Child Sex Case Also Recorded Assaults: Prosecutor Out-Of-State Teen Jailed In Paramus Child Sex Case Also Recorded Assaults: Prosecutor
Out-Of-State Teen Jailed In Paramus Child Sex Case Also Recorded Assaults: Prosecutor An out-of-state man who was charged with sexually assaulting an underage Paramus teen earlier this year is now accused of recording it, authorities said. Elijah Hutchens, 19, of Huntsville, Alabama has been awaiting trial on several counts of sexual assault, as well as criminal sexual contact, child endangerment through sexual conduct and having an unsecured gun within the under-16-year-old child’s reach. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his detectives added charges of manufacturing and possessing child pornography against Hutchens on Tuesday, Sept. 20, after Paramus police learne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn New Milford Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
New Milford Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A self-employed New Milford man was charged with collecting and sharing child pornography, authorities announced. Shaboo Williams, 29, was arrested during a court-approved search of his Faller Drive apartment in the New Milford Estates section of town on Thursday, Sept. 15, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Musella’s investigators had discovered that Williams “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. They charged him with possessing and distributing child pornography and …

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by Jerry DeMarco