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Obscenity

Yonkers, NY
News
Retired Yonkers Fire Captain Shared Nude Photo Of Young Girl On App: DA Retired Yonkers Fire Captain Shared Nude Photo Of Young Girl On App: DA
Retired Yonkers Fire Captain Shared Nude Photo Of Young Girl On App: DA A retired fire department captain from Westchester County has been charged after allegedly sharing a photograph of a nude girl on an application and later being found with a video of the victim engaging in sexual activity, prosecutors said.  Shrub Oak resident Scott Denet, 57, a retired captain with the Yonkers Fire Department, was arraigned Tuesday, May 26, on a felony complaint charging him with promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child and possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, May 28.&nb…

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by Ben Crnic
Burlington, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Girls Learns Fate: Prosecutor NJ Man Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Girls Learns Fate: Prosecutor
NJ Man Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Girls Learns Fate: Prosecutor A 55-year-old Camden County man was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls, authorities announced Friday, May 1. James Murray, a Berlin resident was convicted last December of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and obscenity to minors, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. The assaults occurred over a period of several years, Bradshaw said. It took the jury just three hours to reach its verdict, Bradshaw said.

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by Sam Barron
Somerville, NJ
Police & Fire
Somerville Man Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor Somerville Man Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor
Somerville Man Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor A 38-year-old Somerville man was arrested and charged after he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl, authorities announced Thursday, Jan. 22. In April 2025, an investigation into Isasis Vielma-Hernandez was launched after a 12-year-old girl said he showed her pornographic images on his cell phone and masturbated in front of her, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Manville Borough Chief of Police Craig Jeremiah said. The girl said her encounters with Vielma-Hernandez took place from January t…

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by Sam Barron
Morris Plains, NJ
Police & Fire
Man, 38, Sends Photos Of Genitals To Undercover Agent On Teen Chat App: Morris Prosecutor Man, 38, Sends Photos Of Genitals To Undercover Agent On Teen Chat App: Morris Prosecutor
Man, 38, Sends Photos Of Genitals To Undercover Agent On Teen Chat App: Morris Prosecutor A 38-year-old Maryland man was arrested and charged after authorities in New Jersey said he had sexually explicit conversations with an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl. An investigation into Cristobal Slobodzian, a Hyattsville resident, began in July when he used teen chat application to contact someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, but was actually an undercover agent with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert M…

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by Sam Barron
Piscataway, NJ
Police & Fire
Piscataway Man Sent Obscene Images To Minor: Feds Piscataway Man Sent Obscene Images To Minor: Feds
Piscataway Man Sent Obscene Images To Minor: Feds A 21-year-old Piscataway man was arrested and charged with sending obscene material to a minor, authorities recently announced. Between March 2023 and May 2023, Mahir Chaudhry sent a minor at least six obscene images via text message at a time when he knew the victim was younger than 16 years of age, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba said. Chadhry is charged with one count of transferring obscene material to a minor, Habba said. Chaudhry appeared in Newark federal court and was detained pending approval of certain bail conditions, Habba said.

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by Sam Barron
Albany, NY
News
NY Man Used AI To Fake Explicit Photos Of Friends, Police Say NY Man Used AI To Fake Explicit Photos Of Friends, Police Say
NY Man Used AI To Fake Explicit Photos Of Friends, Police Say A New York man is accused of using artificial intelligence to create fake explicit images of people he knew and posting them online. Washington County resident Gary Norton, 35, of Argyle, was arrested Monday, Sept. 8, according to New York State Police. Troopers began investigating Norton in August following a complaint about forged explicit photos posted to a public website without the subjects’ consent. Investigators determined Norton took casual photos of several people he knew from social media, then used AI technology to alter them into intimate images, police said. He allegedly pu…

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by Michael Mashburn
Morristown, NJ
News
Border Patrol Agent Busted In Undercover Morris County Child Sex Sting: Prosecutor Border Patrol Agent Busted In Undercover Morris County Child Sex Sting: Prosecutor
Border Patrol Agent Busted In Undercover Morris County Child Sex Sting: Prosecutor A 51-year-old United States Border Patrol Agent was arrested after authorities say he engaged in multiple internet chats with an undercover agent posing as a child in New Jersey. An investigation into Harry Peless, 51, of Newport, MI, began in September 2024, by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said Friday, July 25. Peless engaged in sexually explicit online conversations with an undercover law enforcement officer, whom he believed to be a 13-year-old female child, Carroll sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Red Hook, NY
Police & Fire
Man Tried Destroying Images Of Child Sexual Exploitation During Red Hook Police Raid: NYSP Man Tried Destroying Images Of Child Sexual Exploitation During Red Hook Police Raid: NYSP
Man Tried Destroying Images Of Child Sexual Exploitation During Red Hook Police Raid: Nysp A Dutchess County man is facing multiple charges after investigators say he tried to destroy evidence of child sexual exploitation during a police investigation at his home. The arrest happened on Monday, June 9, in Red Hook, following a police and US Department of Homeland Security operation, New York State Police announced.  Norman A. Lopez Lorenzo, age 36, was charged with multiple counts of possession of an obscene sexual performance by a child, third-degree obscenity, and tampering with physical evidence, according to authorities.   Lopez Lorenzo is accused of possessin…

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by Ben Crnic
Rockaway, NJ
Police & Fire
Rockaway Man Thought He Was Talking To Young Girl — It Was Actually Undercover Cop: Prosecutor Rockaway Man Thought He Was Talking To Young Girl — It Was Actually Undercover Cop: Prosecutor
Rockaway Man Thought He Was Talking To Young Girl — It Was Actually Undercover Cop: Prosecutor A 32-year-old Rockaway Borough man was arrested and charged on Friday, Feb. 28, after he had sexually explicit conversations with undercover officers posing as young girls, authorities said. Andrew Ryan Hendershot engaged in sexually explicit conversations via Snapchat with what he believed to be a 14-yearold female child, but which was an undercover agent with the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Chief of Detectives Robert McNally said. Hendershot began engaging in sexual text conversations with undercover law enforcement offi…

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by Sam Barron
Hackensack, NJ
News
Produce Worker From Hackensack Jailed On Sex Assaults Involving Multiple Children Produce Worker From Hackensack Jailed On Sex Assaults Involving Multiple Children
Produce Worker From Hackensack Jailed On Sex Assaults Involving Multiple Children A produce worker from Hackensack sexually assaulted a pre-teen in front of another and showed a third porn, authorities charged. Edisson Guartazaca-Ali remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, records show. Hackensack police received the original complaint that the 24-year-old Ecuadoran national “engaged in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 13 in Hackensack,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit and city police found that Guartazaca-Ali had…

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by Jerry DeMarco
White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect Caught After Squirting White-Liquid Substance On Women In Westchester, Police Say Suspect Caught After Squirting White-Liquid Substance On Women In Westchester, Police Say
Suspect Caught After Squirting White-Liquid Substance On Women In Westchester, Police Say A 27-year-old man was apprehended after allegedly squirting a white liquid meant to mimic semen on multiple women in Westchester, police said. The New Rochelle Police Department received a report from a woman shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25 who stated that she was walking on North Avenue earlier and was followed by a suspicious man. As she boarded the bus, a second passenger said that “he threw something on your back,” and she spotted him walking away toward Main Street. The suspect, later identified as New Rochelle resident Marco Medina, and multiple other victims came forw…

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by Zak Failla
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say
Fairfield County Man Nabbed With Child Porn, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested for allegedly having a large amount of child pornography on his home and work computers. Michael Newman, age 65, of Westport, turned himself in to Westport Police on Friday, May 21, for a case that began in December 2020, said Lieutenant David Wolf. According to Wolf, Westport Police receive a tip in December that a town resident was possibly downloading child pornography onto his electronic devices.  The detective investigating the matter was able to determine that the IP address of the devices being utilized to download th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online
Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online A Passaic County man who'd been chatting online with a Sussex County juvenile was found Wednesday with child porn,  authorities said. Franklin police said they got a tip from another law enforcement agency that Damien S. Stefancik, 32, of New Milford had been communicating with the minor and was believed to have child pornography. Stefancik was arrested at a house in Ringwood and charged with possession of child pornography, lewdness observed by a child, obscenity for persons under 18 and child endangerment. He was released pending a first appearance in  Central Judicial Pro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bridgeport, CT
News
School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Soliciting Teenage Passenger School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Soliciting Teenage Passenger
School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Soliciting Teenage Passenger An area school bus driver is facing federal charges for allegedly sexually soliciting a teenage girl who was a passenger on his route, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Bridgeport resident Jose Manuel Santos, 36, has been arrested and charged with transferring obscene materials to a minor and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, for his relationship with a 13-year-old girl. According to the complaint that was released last week, police investigators received information that Santos was sexually soliciting the teen when her mother provided her cell phone to police. …

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by Zak Failla
Bridgeport, CT
Schools
Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger
Bridgeport School Bus Driver Accused Of Sexually Soliciting 13-Year-Old Passenger A school bus driver has been arrested on a federal complaint for sexually soliciting a 13-year-old passenger on his bus, according to the U.S Attorney's Office. Jose Manuel Santos, 36, was arrested Friday and charged with transfer of obscene materials to a minor, and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, said John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston. According to ICE officials, law enforcement received information that Santos, a school bus/van driver …

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by Kathy Reakes