Man Made Sexual Recordings Of Burlington County Teen: Police

An Ohio man has been indicted on charges that he recorded video chats with an underage Burlington County girl he convinced to engage in cybersex with him on multiple occasions, authorities said.

Joshua A. Mitchell, 40, of Elyria, Ohio, was indicted on 14 counts of endangering the welfare of a child, including seven first-degree and seven third-degree counts, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced on Thursday.

Mitchell is presently incarcerated in Ohio on unrelated charges. He will be extradited to New Jersey in the near future to face an arraignment in Superior Court in Burlington County.

Mitchell met the girl in an online chat room two years ago, according to authorities. They began communicating via Skype, and an online sexual relationship soon developed. Authorities say this relationship lasted several months.

After learning of the relationship, the girl’s parents contacted authorities. As a result, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office High-Tech Crimes Unit seized a digital hard drive they found in Mitchell’s home.

Authorities say the hard drive contained multiple Skype conversations of a sexual nature involving the victim that Mitchell had recorded. They said they also found several nude photos that the girl had sent to Mitchell.

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