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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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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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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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'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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Man Thought He Was Meeting 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex, Met Central Jersey Officer Instead
A 55-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for trying to lure a 13-year-old girl in Central Jersey, authorities said. Kenneth Amy, of Brown Mills, was charged with attempted sexual assault and luring/enticing a child by various means, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco. On the evening of Monday, April 4, Amy allegedly arrived at a pre-arranged location after responding to an online listing for the purpose of having sexual intercourse with an individual who he believed to be a 13-yea…
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Burlington County Man Arrested For Having Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A 44-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Joshua Hudson, of Mount Laurel, was arrested on Wednesday, March 16 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener. Hudson was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, Coffina and Riedener said. Multiple electronic devices were seized and will be examined by members of the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit, they said. The investigation began in November afte…
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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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South Jersey Men Arrested On Child Pornography Charges: Prosecutor
Authorities in Burlington County announced a pair of arrests for the possession of child pornography. Roger A. Eichinger, 58, of Browns Mills, was charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jason Watters. Eichinger was taken into custody on Feb. 1 and released following a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly. An investigation began in November 2021 after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received information regarding Eichinger’s online activities from the N…
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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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South Jersey Teenager Charged With Possessing, Sharing Child Porn: Prosecutor
A 19-year-old man from Burlington County has been charged with possessing and sharing child pornography, authorities said. Dawson Simons, of the 300 block of Seminole Trail in Browns Mills was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jason Watters. Simons reportedly was taken into custody Friday morning after a warranted search of his home, Coffinas and Watters said. Electronic devices that were seized will be examined by detectives from the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Un…
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Burlington County Parolee Charged With Possession, Sharing Child Porn: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old parolee from Burlington County has been charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, authorities said. Myles T. Doyle, of the first block of Fieldcrest Drive in Westampton Township, was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Westampton Township Police Chief Stephen Ent. Doyle had been under parole supervision for life due to an unrelated conviction last year arising from the Prosecutors Office’s Operation Safe Quarantine initiative. In that case, he received a su…
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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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Prosecutor: Burlington Man, 21, Caught With Child Pornography
A 21-year-old man from Burlington Township has been arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material, authorities said. James Hunt of Threadleaf Terrace was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director Bruce Painter. Hunt was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday and released after a hearing in Superior Court in Mount Holly, Coffina and Painter said. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a Burlington County Grand Jury for possible indictm…
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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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