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NJ Police Officer Sent Dozens Of Child Porn Files Through ‘KIK’ Messaging App, Prosecutor Says NJ Police Officer Sent Dozens Of Child Porn Files Through ‘KIK’ Messaging App, Prosecutor Says
NJ Police Officer Sent Dozens Of Child Porn Files Through ‘KIK’ Messaging App, Prosecutor Says A New Jersey police officer was charged after allegedly sending dozens of child pornography and abuse files through a messaging application called ‘KIK,’ authorities announced Wednesday. Phillipsburg Police Officer Gary A. Ricker, Jr., 33, was charged with two counts of child endangerment, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release alongside local officials. Ricker was identified via a cyber-tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received on Monday, Jan. 31 that stated that someone in Phillipsburg was distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)…

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by Valerie Musson
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FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know
FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know Reports of adults ‘sextorting’ teenage boys into sending them sexual videos or photos online are booming, particularly involving victims 14 to 17 years old, the FBI warns. In 2021 alone, its Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 18,000 sextortion-related complaints of various types, the bureau announced on Wednesday, April 13. A growing number involved late-teen boys targeted by predators posing as someone else, federal authorities said. It ordinarily begins with a contact through social media or on a gaming site. The adult predator or scammer "convinces the child to s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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YMCA Employee Made Child Porn Shared On Snapchat: PA State Police YMCA Employee Made Child Porn Shared On Snapchat: PA State Police
YMCA Employee Made Child Porn Shared On Snapchat: PA State Police A 21-year-old YCMA employee was found making and uploading  child pornography to Snapchat, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Snapchat reported that a video containing child pornography had been uploaded the company's server to the National Center For Missing And Exploited Children— who contacted Pennsylvania state police computer crimes unit, the release shows. The suspect was identified as Lamont Antonio Lovett Jr., of the 330 block of Lantern Lane in Chambersburg, police say. Child pornography was found during a search of Lovett's home conducted on Tuesday, Mar. 8…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor
Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor A 36-year-old volunteer firefighter from South Jersey has been arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. Jay J. Howe of Bordentown Township was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce. Howe, who is a member of a volunteer fire department in Bordentown City, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 9  Howe was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, the prosecutor said. Electronic devices seized during the search will be examined by…

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by Jon Craig
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Chester County Man Found With Hundreds Of Child Porn Photos: State Police Chester County Man Found With Hundreds Of Child Porn Photos: State Police
Chester County Man Found With Hundreds Of Child Porn Photos: State Police A 73-year-old Chester County man was arrested after police found hundreds of photos of child pornography on his personal devices, authorities said. An investigation began in June 2021 after Chester County detectives received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Delaware County Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, Pennsylvania State Police said. They were made aware of child pornography uploaded to an internet provider associated with James Jay Martin, of Landenberg, according to state police. A search of Martin's home turned up about 200 i…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Central PA Man Who Raped 5-Year-Old Caught On Video Uploaded To Google Drive: DA Central PA Man Who Raped 5-Year-Old Caught On Video Uploaded To Google Drive: DA
Central PA Man Who Raped 5-Year-Old Caught On Video Uploaded To Google Drive: DA A central Pennsylvania man is heading to prison after videos and photos of him raping a 5-year-old surfaced on a Google Drive, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. John F. Henry, 37, of the 400 block of Pearl Street in Lancaster, was sentenced to serve 37 ½ to 76 years in prison after pleading guilty to 15 charges including rape of a child by Lancaster County Judge Donald Totaro on Dec. 29, according to the release. Henry not only raped and sexually assaulted the young child but used his personal email to upload the images and videos to Google Drive and Google Phot…

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by Jillian Pikora
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5 Berks Men Arrested In Child Pornography Sting 5 Berks Men Arrested In Child Pornography Sting
5 Berks Men Arrested In Child Pornography Sting A year-long child pornography sting has resulted in the arrests of five Berks County men, authorities said. The county-wide investigation was launched after Berks County detectives received numerous complaints from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. The complaints prompted five separate and independent child pornography investigations, which resulted in search warrants being executed at five homes, the DA's office said. The searches confirmed investigators' suspicions about the five men accused of havi…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Man Who Sexually Assaulted Teen During 'Massage' Busted With Child Porn, Police Say PA Man Who Sexually Assaulted Teen During 'Massage' Busted With Child Porn, Police Say
PA Man Who Sexually Assaulted Teen During 'Massage' Busted With Child Porn, Police Say A man previously found with over 1,000 pornographic images of children, has now been charge with sexually assaulting a teenage girl, according to East Earl Township police. David Horning Martin, 28, was arrested on Tuesday for the fondling incident, according to police. The charges stem from an incident involving a then-17-year-old girl at a friend’s home in the 100 block of Redwell Road in East Earl Township in December 2017. Martin, 24-years-old at the time, allegedly offered to massage her, the victim told police in August. At first, he massaged her neck and shoulders, but went on …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Photo Progression Shows What Dulce Alavez Could Look Like Now Photo Progression Shows What Dulce Alavez Could Look Like Now
Photo Progression Shows What Dulce Alavez Could Look Like Now The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released an age-progression photo of what New Jersey's Dulce Maria Alavez might look like now. The rendering was released on Wednesday, Sept. 15, two years after the then-5-year-old disappeared from Bridgeton City Park. Dulce was playing with her 3-year-old brother, Manuel, when she went missing on Sept. 16, 2019. Manuel told their mom in a nearby vehicle that her sister had disappeared while they were playing together near a storage building next to the playground. The NCIC released the rendering of what Dulce mig…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lehigh Valley Woman Sentenced For Using Disabled Step Daughter To Create Child Porn Lehigh Valley Woman Sentenced For Using Disabled Step Daughter To Create Child Porn
Lehigh Valley Woman Sentenced For Using Disabled Step Daughter To Create Child Porn A Lehigh Valley woman is facing up to 53 years in state prison for using an intellectually disabled girl to produce child porn, authorities announced. Zoraida Flores, 48, was living in Allentown when she was accused of sexually abusing her 13-year-old step-daughter in May 2020, Pennsylvania Attorney General Shapiro said. Authorities received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children saying that Flores appeared to be sharing child pornography over Facebook.  Agents executed a search warrant and went to Flores’ Woodlawn Street apartment and seized…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars
Planned Sex With 15-Year-Old Jersey Shore 'Boy' Gets Admitted Predator Three Years Behind Bars A confessed predator who was busted when he showed up for what he thought would be sex with a 15-year-old boy at the Jersey Shore was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in prison. Robert Lisicki, 51, of Metuchen didn’t realize the person he’d been communicating with on social media was actually an undercover detective, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Lisicki planned meeting the “boy” for sex, even discussing the things he’d planned do to, Bruck said. Detectives who were waiting arrested Lisicki when he arrived at the planned location in Toms River, the attorney general…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DA: West Chester Man Investigated For Child Porn Found With Gun, More During Search DA: West Chester Man Investigated For Child Porn Found With Gun, More During Search
DA: West Chester Man Investigated For Child Porn Found With Gun, More During Search A West Chester man who was being investigated for child pornography was also found with a handgun and forged military papers during a search of his home Thursday, authorities said. Chester County Detectives ignited an investigation earlier this year when the ICAC Task Force received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), indicating that Carlin Alexander, 32, had numerous images and videos of child sexual abuse, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. A search warrant served on Alexander's South Church Street home t…

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by Nicole Acosta