NJ Man Admits Hiring Hitman To Kill Teen He Shared Sexual Photos With Online: Feds
A Camden County man who shared sexually explicit photos with a 14-year-old child online admitted to paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have the child killed, authorities said.
John Michael Musbach, 31, of Haddonfield, pleaded guilt to an indictment charging him with knowingly and intentionally using and causing another to use a facility of interstate and foreign commerce, that is the internet, with the intent that a murder be committed, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
In the summer of 2015, Musbach reportedly exchanged sexually explicit photographs and videos with the victim, a …
Police Officer Stalked Ex-Girlfriend, Vandalized Her Home: Monmouth Prosecutor
A police officer from the Jersey Shore is accused of stalking and harassing an ex-girlfriend, among other crimes, authorities said.
Erich A. Bennett, 46, a Sea Bright police officer, is charged with official misconduct, computer theft, criminal mischief, making terroristic threats, cyber harassment, stalking and hindering apprehension, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago
Bennett and the victim were in a brief dating relationship that the victim ended in late November 2022. On Dec. 5, 2022, Bennett showed up unannounced to the woman’s residence and thre…
Man Found With 500+ Child Porn Images, West Earl Twp. Police Say
A Lancaster County Man is accused of possessing and distributing hundreds of images of child pornography, authorities say.
Adam Michael Lawr Shirk, 33, of Akron, turned himself into the police, with his attorney present, on Jan. 26 at 1:30 p.m., according to the West Earl Township police.
Police had been investigating Shirk since they received a cyber tip in the fall and executed a search warrant on Nov. 11, 2022.
Afterward, they forensically examined a laptop, tablet computer, and several cellphones they seized and found more than 500 images of child pornograph…
Westport Man, 76, Charged With Possession Of Child Porn, Police Say
A 76-year-old Fairfield County man has been charged with allegedly possessing child pornography.
John Minehan of Westport turned himself in to the police on Monday, Nov. 28, following an investigation into a cyber tip, said Lt. Eric Woods, of the Westport Police.
According to Woods, on Monday, Aug. 15, Westport Police initiated an investigation into the possession of suspected child pornography by a resident after receiving a cyber tip from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The images contained in the tip were confirmed child pornography and the suppl…
