Brookfield, CT
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CT Man Sentenced For Trading Child Sex Abuse Images On Internet CT Man Sentenced For Trading Child Sex Abuse Images On Internet
CT Man Sentenced For Trading Child Sex Abuse Images On Internet A Connecticut man was sentenced for trading images of child sex abuse on the internet. New Haven County resident Robert Harrington, age 55, of Milford, was sentenced on Wednesday, Dec. 22, to 72 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. In January of 2019, Homeland Security Investigations received information from Canadian and Australian law enforcement that two usernames associated with an IP address in Harrington's residence were sending and receiving images through an online a…

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by Nicole Valinote
Middletown, NJ
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9 Men Indicted In Child Porn Crackdown, Central Jersey Prosecutor Says 9 Men Indicted In Child Porn Crackdown, Central Jersey Prosecutor Says
9 Men Indicted In Child Porn Crackdown, Central Jersey Prosecutor Says A continuing investigation into illegal use of child pornography has resulted in nine indictments this fall in Central Jersey, authorities said. A Monmouth County grand jury this week returned indictments against two defendants charged with crimes involving distribution and/or possession of child sexual abuse materials, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said. Indicted on Tuesday were: Jonathan W. Cruz, 38, of Aberdeen and Neil Ridgway, 58, of Howell.  Cruz originally was arrested in January 2020 on charges of first-degree endangering the welfare …

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by Jon Craig
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
NYC Probation Official, Lehigh Valley Resident Sentenced In Child Porn Case NYC Probation Official, Lehigh Valley Resident Sentenced In Child Porn Case
NYC Probation Official, Lehigh Valley Resident Sentenced In Child Porn Case A 54-year-old Lehigh Valley resident was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison in a child pornography case, federal authorities announced Tuesday. In March, Robert Costello of Bethlehem pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography, one count of access with intent to view child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Costello, who worked as an assistant commissioner for the New York City Department of Probation, admitted to receiving child porn on the internet and storing it on multiple devices at his …

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by Nicole Acosta
Hackensack, NJ
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Emergency Management Consultant From Maywood Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Emergency Management Consultant From Maywood Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Emergency Management Consultant From Maywood Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A married emergency management consultant from Maywood was arrested Tuesday on charges of trafficking more than 1,000 child porn images. Jonathan Abbassi, 35, “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute more than 1,000 digital depictions of nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Abbassi following a months-long investigation that included a warranted search of his Stone Street home, the prosecutor said. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
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
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges
Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges A security guard from Hackensack was arrested on child porn charges, authorities confirmed. Emery Taylor, 34, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1,000 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Taylor following a raid Friday of his home in the Park Lane Apartments on Union Street, the prosecutor said. Taylor, formerly of Englewood, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Centra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography
Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography A Fort Lee man was arrested Thursday and charged with trafficking child porn, authorities said. Andrew Freedman, 52, was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of possessing and distributing the illegal images. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Freedman after executing a search warrant at his condominium in the Charlton high-rise on 15th Street. Freedman, who is divorced and unemployed, “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lancaster, PA
Schools
Millersville University Senior Charged With Sharing Child Porn On Dropbox Millersville University Senior Charged With Sharing Child Porn On Dropbox
Millersville University Senior Charged With Sharing Child Porn On Dropbox A Millersville University senior and dean’s list student has been charged with multiple felonies for distributing child pornography via Dropbox.Robert George Kiesel, 21, of Rawlinsville, was slapped with five felonies for “distributing images and videos of child pornography on the internet,” according to Pennylvania State Police’s Central Computer Crimes Unit. Kiesel is an Eagle Scout who currently works on Millersville University’s Mobile Research Robotics Team, according to his Linkedin. Dropbox, the file sharing company, contacted state police about the images posted to its platform on…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Child Porn Defendant Who Lives Across Street From Lyndhurst School Re-Arrested Child Porn Defendant Who Lives Across Street From Lyndhurst School Re-Arrested
Child Porn Defendant Who Lives Across Street From Lyndhurst School Re-Arrested UPDATE: A man who lives across the street from a Lyndhurst public school who was released after being charged earlier this month with trafficking child porn is back in jail. Paul S. An, 26, originally was arrested on Aug. 4 following a raid of his Stuyvesant Avenue home the week before.  He was charged with "using the Internet to view, download, and share approximately 110 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children” when he Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said at the time. An – who lives across from the K-12 Roosevelt School in Lyndhurst – w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From Bergen School Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From Bergen School
Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From Bergen School An IT analyst who lives across the street from a Lyndhurst public school was caught with more than 100 child porn images, authorities said. Paul S. An, 26, was arrested Wednesday following a raid of his Stuyvesant Avenue home on July 29, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. An investigation found that An – who lives across from the K-12 Roosevelt School – “used the Internet to view, download, and share approximately 110 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives charged him with three counts …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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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
Hackensack, NJ
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Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup
Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup A mail carrier, a train conductor and a retired corrections officer are among 31 men charged amid a massive roundup that produced some horrifying stories about online child sex abuse in the age of COVID, New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday. One of them offered money and other prizes through a social media “game” that he created to convince underage girls to send him nude photos, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another got victims between 7 and 15 years old to send him sexual photos, then pressured them to send more by threatening to share those he had online, he said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco