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Former Cape May Boy Scout Volunteer Who Sexually Assaulted Child Sentenced, Prosecutors Say Former Cape May Boy Scout Volunteer Who Sexually Assaulted Child Sentenced, Prosecutors Say
Former Cape May Boy Scout Volunteer Who Sexually Assaulted Child Sentenced, Prosecutors Say A North Cape May man who was once a Boy Scouts of America volunteer will spend more than two decades in prison for sexually assaulting a child, authorities said. John Gillespie Jr., 37, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 18 to 25 years in state prison, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said in a news release. Gillespie pleaded guilty on Friday, July 12 to first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Investigators executed a search warrant at a home on Town Bank Road on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The search was promp…

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by Chris Spiker
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Local NJ Police Sergeant Took Child Porn Images From Investigation For Himself: AG Local NJ Police Sergeant Took Child Porn Images From Investigation For Himself: AG
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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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Man Sentenced For Sharing 700 Child Sex Abuse Videos: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Sentenced For Sharing 700 Child Sex Abuse Videos: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Sentenced For Sharing 700 Child Sex Abuse Videos: Prosecutor A 22-year-old man from Atlantic County has been sentenced in connection with sharing 700 child sex abuse videos, authorities said. William Edson, of Mays Landing, was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison on Thursday, June 8, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. He must serve the entire five-year sentence before being released. In February 2022, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was notified of suspicious activities occurring on the KIK social media platform in December. Detectives linked approximate…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic County Announces Major Sweep Of Child Sex Offenders Atlantic County Announces Major Sweep Of Child Sex Offenders
Atlantic County Announces Major Sweep Of Child Sex Offenders Nearly 100 Atlantic County child sex offenders were arrested in a massive bust, authorities announced.  Local agency law enforcement partners from throughout Atlantic County have charged 70 individuals with offenses including child luring, endangering a child by sexual conduct, and sexual assault. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Megan’s Law enforcement Unit, along with local law enforcement throughout the County, have charged a total of 18 Atlantic County residents with violating various conditions of Megan’s law to include failing to register or failing to register a change in address. …

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic County Man Charged With Sharing Child Porn Images: Prosecutor Atlantic County Man Charged With Sharing Child Porn Images: Prosecutor
Atlantic County Man Charged With Sharing Child Porn Images: Prosecutor A 51-year-old man from Atlantic County has been charged in connection with sharing child pornography images and videos via a social messaging application, authorities said. Michael Heiler, of Ventnor, was arrested without incident, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on a peer-to-peer network file sharing platform.  HSI contacted the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force who jointly investigated the case.  The subsequent investigation led Inve…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography
South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography A 41-year-old man from South Jersey is charged with sharing more than 1,000 images of child pornography on the internet. Stephen T. Costello, of Absecon, was arrested without incident and was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.  The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media file-sharing application KIK. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor Detectives to identify Costello and determine he distributed over 1000 videos an…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing Child Pornography Via SnapChat: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing Child Pornography Via SnapChat: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing Child Pornography Via SnapChat: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Egg Harbor Township has been charged in connection with the distribution of child abuse images and videos via SnapChat, authorities said. William Roman Jr., was arrested without incident, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office  The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media application SnapChat. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor Detectives to identify Roman and additional videos of child sexual exploitation in his possession, the prosecutor said. …

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Allegedly Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Allegedly Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Allegedly Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor A 21-year-old man from South Jersey is accused of sharing more than 1,000 child pornography images via social media, authorities said.. William K. Edson, of Mays Landing, was arrested on Monday, July 18, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media messaging and chat application identified as KIK. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor detectives to identify Edson and determine he distributed more than 1,000 images and videos of child sexu…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Arrested With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Arrested With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Arrested With More Than 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor A 63-year-old man from South Jersey has been charged with possessing and distributing more than 1,000 images of child pornography, authorities said. This investigation stemmed from a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), CyberTip, according to Acting Cape May County Prosecutor Saverio Carroccia and Middle Township Police Chief Chris Leusner. As a result of this investigation, a warranted search was made on Friday, July 15, at a residence on Mechanic Street in Cape May Court House by members of the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, Internet C…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Shared More Than 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Shared More Than 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Shared More Than 1,000 Child Porn Images: Prosecutor A 26-year-old man from Egg Harbor City has been charged in connection with the distribution of child abuse images and videos via a social messaging application, authorities said. Patrick W. Daly was arrested without incident and was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received multiple referrals of inappropriate content distributed on the social media application KIK.  A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Detectives to identify Daly and lo…

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by Jon Craig
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Howell Man Accused Of Saving Child Porn Images Gets 5 Years At Central Jersey Treatment Center Howell Man Accused Of Saving Child Porn Images Gets 5 Years At Central Jersey Treatment Center
Howell Man Accused Of Saving Child Porn Images Gets 5 Years At Central Jersey Treatment Center A Howell Township man convicted twice of possessing child pornography has been sentenced to a term of five years at a Monmouth County treatment center. Thomas Vilanova, 50, of Howell also was sentenced to parole supervision for life under terms set down Wednesday by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Lourdes Lucas. Vilanova's sentence will be served at the state's Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center at Avenel, accorrding to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Vilanova was classified as a repetitive and compulsive offender after an evaluation, Linskey sai…

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by Jon Craig
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Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old
Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old A 24-year-old man traveled 2,500 miles from his home in the Pacific Northwest to have sex with a 14-year-old Glen Rock child, police said. Devin C. Curtis was arrested by police in Clarkston, WA, on Tuesday and waived extradition to New Jersey to face charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The FBI and law enforcement agencies in both Clarkston and Moscow, Idaho assisted after the child's parents told borough detectives of an "online relationship their child was having with an individual that they believed was a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring
Paterson Mechanic Accused Of Running Child Porn Sharing Ring Authorities raided the home of a Paterson auto mechanic accused of operating a child porn trafficking ring. A judge on Tuesday ordered that Delbin Almando Noesi Gonzalez, 39, remain held in the Passaic County Jail pending further court action following his arrest last week. Members of Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force seized several devices during a raid of Noesi Gonzalez's home -- among them, a cellphone containing child porn videos and images, the sheriff said. Noesi Gonzalez used Facebook to distribute images of nude children -- fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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West Milford Man, Underage NY Boy Exchanged Sexual Videos, Photos, Indictment Charges West Milford Man, Underage NY Boy Exchanged Sexual Videos, Photos, Indictment Charges
West Milford Man, Underage NY Boy Exchanged Sexual Videos, Photos, Indictment Charges A Passaic County man who’s been jailed since last summer was indicted by a grand jury that said he exchanged sexually explicit videos and photos with a boy as he pursued an in-person meeting, authorities announced Thursday. New York State Police alerted detectives from Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to Tekanand V. Singh, 29, of West Milford after they said they learned that he’d been communicating with the boy online. “During the course of their exchange, [Singh] directed the victim to send him sexually explicit images and videos,” Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator RECOGNIZE HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator
Recognize HIM? Sheriff Says Another Minor Found Sharing Sex Vids With Passaic County Predator Authorities were trying to determine whether there were other victims of a Passaic County man who’s been jailed since last summer for having an underage boy send him sex videos and photos. Detectives from Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were already familiar with Tekanand V. Singh, 29, of West Milford, who's remained jailed since they first arrested him last July. They recently learned from police in Boerne, Texas that another minor “met Singh on the internet and utilized a messaging application to communicate with him,” Berdnik said. Du…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel
Prosecutor: Staten Island Hospital Janitor Sought Sex With Teenage Girl In South Jersey Motel A 43-year-old hospital janitor has been arrested for arranging to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in a Burlington County motel, authorities said. John Emilio of Staten Island pleaded guilty on Dec. 23 to attempted endangering the welfare of children in exchange for a three-year sentence in state prison, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.  Emilio is scheduled to be sentenced before Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland on March 24 in Mount Holly. Emilio became a suspect in November 2019 during a BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit proactive investigation into the exploit…

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by Jon Craig