Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges
Prosecutor: Bergen County Electrician Sexting 14-Year-Old Girl Busted On Child Porn Charges A North Arlington electrician chatting with a 14-year-old girl online was arrested on child porn charges Thursday in Paramus, authorities announced. Omar Orozco, 52, of North Arlington, obtained naked photos of the girl and sent her some of himself while talking on several social media platforms, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. A search of Orozco's Riverview Avenue home was executed Thursday, after a months-long investigation conducted under the direction of Chief Jason Love. Orozco was arrested in Paramus on charges of child pornography production, endangering the…
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Busted For Distributing Child Porn, Arrested At Work Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Busted For Distributing Child Porn, Arrested At Work
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Man Busted For Distributing Child Porn, Arrested At Work An Ocean County man was arrested for distributing child porn, authorities announced Wednesday.  An investigation into Luis Castaneda-Contreras, 33, of Brick Township, was launched after police got a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (NCIC), Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Detectives executed a court-authorized search warrant on Castaneda-Contreras home on Wednesday, where multiple electronic devices that contained images of child porn…
Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000+ Child Porn Images Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000+ Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000+ Child Porn Images A 57-year-old man from Burlington County has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for possessing more than 1,000 child pornography images and sharing them on the internet, authorities said. Guy Valachovic of Pemberton Township was sentenced on Friday in Mount Holly by Superior Court Judge Christopher J. Garrenger, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Valachovic pleaded guilty in August 2020 to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Coffina said.  An investigation began after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received information in 2019 regard…
Prosecutor: Garfield Widower Busted For Child Porn Again Prosecutor: Garfield Widower Busted For Child Porn Again
Prosecutor: Garfield Widower Busted For Child Porn Again A Bergen County widower who was charged four years ago with collecting child porn was busted again on Thursday, authorities said. Michael Yosco, Jr., 74, was taken into custody during a raid of his Irving Place home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit had obtained a warrant as part of a months-long Internet child pornography investigation, the Musella said. They already were familiar with Yosco, who was among 79 defendants arrested in a massive December 2017 bust stemming from “Operation Safety Net," a nine-month, multi-agency child protection…
Hackensack Man Jailed On Child Porn Charges Hackensack Man Jailed On Child Porn Charges
Hackensack Man Jailed On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: A Bergen County-based insurance underwriter for entertainers, athletes and corporate executives was released pending court action on child porn charges, records show. Matthew Heitman, 33, was arrested Thursday during a raid of his Hackensack home, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The former Upper Saddle River resident "used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1,000 digital files and distributed multiple digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," the prosecutor said. Heitman was discovered during a "months-long Internet…
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say
Men Busted Trying To Meet Girls 14, 15 For Sex In Undercover Sting, Secaucus Police Say A pair of men were arrested after they agreed to meet up with individuals who they believed were 14- and 15-year-old girls in Secaucus, police said following an undercover investigation. Nicholas Signorelli, 24, of Springfield, luring and enticing a child, while Nevil Rana, 34, of Wallington, was charged with the same, along with criminal attempt to endanger the welfare of a child and obscenity for persons under 18, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The police department got a tip that a man later identified as Signorelli had been talking to someone who he thought was a 14-year-old …
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Makes More Than 130 Bogus Calls Claiming He Sexually Assaulted Kids Bergen Prosecutor: Man Makes More Than 130 Bogus Calls Claiming He Sexually Assaulted Kids
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Makes More Than 130 Bogus Calls Claiming He Sexually Assaulted Kids A security guard who claimed to be sexually assaulting children while on the phone with 911 dispatchers and crisis hotline counselors in New Jersey and New York was charged with causing a false public alarm, authorities said. John LaForgia, 36, of Staten Island made more than 130 bogus calls to law enforcement agencies and crisis hotlines in various jurisdictions, including Hackensack, Oakland, Ramsey, and Ridgewood, over the course of only two weeks, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. The former Lodi resident, who has no children of his own, apparently spent no time with …
Toms River Man, 56, Gets 5 Years State Prison On Child Pornography Charge Toms River Man, 56, Gets 5 Years State Prison On Child Pornography Charge
Toms River Man, 56, Gets 5 Years State Prison On Child Pornography Charge A 56-year-old man from Ocean County has been sentenced to five years in state prison for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Henry Ziolkowski of Toms Riverw as sentenced by Superior Court Judge Michael T. Collins as a result of a previously entered guilty plea in December, according to  Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Ziolkowski will be subject to parole supervision for life, Billhimer said. This investigation was the result of several referrals from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through the New Jersey State Police Inte…
Middlesex Man, 38, Arrested With Child Pornography Middlesex Man, 38, Arrested With Child Pornography
Middlesex Man, 38, Arrested With Child Pornography A 38-year-old man from Perth Amboy has been arrested after authorities received a tip he was uploading child pornography. Joseph Boka, 38, of Perth Amboy was charged with third-degree possession of child pornography and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon. His arrest resulted from a CyberTip made to the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Ciccone and McKeon said. …
Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Trafficked Child Porn Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Trafficked Child Porn
Passaic Sheriff: Clifton Man Trafficked Child Porn A Clifton man was caught trafficking child porn, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said Sunday. Detectives from the sheriff's Internet Crime Against Children Task Force arrested James K. Delillo Jr., 30, after finding images of child sexual abuse sent via an alias email account, Berdnik said. They also seized electronic devices at his Greglawn Drive home that were being analyzed for additional evidence, the sheriff said. Delillo was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on charges of possession, maintaining and dis…
DA: Pennsylvania Man Busted With 7,000 Child Porn Images, Most Sex Abuse Of Babies, Toddlers DA: Pennsylvania Man Busted With 7,000 Child Porn Images, Most Sex Abuse Of Babies, Toddlers
DA: Pennsylvania Man Busted With 7,000 Child Porn Images, Most Sex Abuse Of Babies, Toddlers A 63-year-old Pennsylvania man was busted with more than 7,000 child porn images -- most of which depicted toddlers and babies being sexually abused, authorities said Tuesday. The Montgomery County Detective Bureau received 25 cybertips from Google routed through the Delaware County ICAC Task Force concerning an account that contained more than 500 images of child sexual assault imagery depicting children in sexual acts and in sexual poses, District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The cybertip provided detectives with the user account information, including the computer IP add…
NJ Man Encouraged Child To Send Videos Showing 'Intimate' Body Parts, Authorities Say NJ Man Encouraged Child To Send Videos Showing 'Intimate' Body Parts, Authorities Say
NJ Man Encouraged Child To Send Videos Showing 'Intimate' Body Parts, Authorities Say A 37-year-old Flemington man was arrested after encouraging a child to send him videos exposing "intimate body parts," authorities said. Kevin Reedell was arrested Nov. 25, following a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and subsequent investigation, Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said. Reedell was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of children for encouraging and directing a child to send him videos over the internet, where the child exposes intimate body parts, Williams said.  He was also char…