Crime & Safety
Fair Lawn Man Exchanges Nude Photos With Minor: Prosecutor
A youth program director faces child porn charges after using social media to receive nude photos of a minor, and send some of himself.
FAIR LAWN, NJ — A Fair Lawn youth program director faces child porn charges after he used social media to exchange nude photographs with a minor under the age of 16, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced.
Jack T. Anderson was arrested in Paramus on Oct. 1 after Fair Lawn police received allegations that he was using various social media platforms to have sexually explicit conversations with minors using the screen names "wrestler94" and "jtanderson94".
During an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims and Cyber Crimes Units, it was discovered that in one such conversation, Anderson obtained nude images of a juvenile, and also sent nude images of himself.
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According to the Prosecutor's Office, Anderson attempted to meet with juveniles on multiple occasions, and did meet with one juvenile at least three times.
He is charged with production of child pornography, providing obscenity to a minor, luring and endangering the welfare of a child.
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Anderson was remanded to Bergen County Jail where he awaits a first appearance.
The investigation is continuing, the Prosecutor's Office announced, asking parents to contact the Office's Tip Line at (201) 226-5532 with any relevant information.
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