Crime & Safety
Basking Ridge Man Used Facebook To Blackmail 12-Year-Old Girl For Nude Photos: Report
Hubert Young pressured the girl into sending him nude photos and then sent pictures of his genital area in return: news report
Basking Ridge, NJ - A Basking Ridge man used Facebook to blackmail a 12-year-old girl into sending him nude photos of herself, according to a report by the Scranton Times Tribune.
Hubert Young, 44, of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township used a fake screen name, Jerry Maskley, on the social media site to contact the girl from the area of Pittston, Pa.
He pressured the minor to send him nude photos and once she did, he responded by sending photos of his genital area, the report said. When the girl told Young she didn't want to send any more photos, he blackmailed her by threatening to post her first photo online, the report said.
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The girl reported the incident and Pittston, Pa. police were able to trace the Facebook account to Young through an email address.
Young was charged with disseminating photos of child sex acts, corruption of minors and related counts.
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