Crime & Safety
Edison Middle School Teacher Charged With Possession Of Child Porn: Prosecutor
Julius Coaccioli, a teacher at Edison Township's Woodrow Wilson Middle School, was arrested and charged on Wednesday, authorities said.
EDISON, NJ — A middle school teacher from Edison school district has been arrested and charged with third-degree possession of child porn, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department said Wednesday.
Julius Coaccioli, 55, a teacher at Edison Township’s Woodrow Wilson Middle School, was found with under 1000 images in his possession, Ciccone said.
After receiving a cyber tip from the New Jersey State Police, an investigation was conducted by Det. Ken McGarry of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Det. Stephanie Redline of the Special Victim’s Unit of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Coaccioli was arrested Wednesday without incident at his home in Woodbridge Township, Ciccone said.
The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective McGarry of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3140.
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