Crime & Safety
Hudson County Man Met 12-Year-Old Girl On Roblox, Asked For Sexual Photos: Prosecutor
A Hudson County man met an Ohio 12-year-old on Roblox and asked the child to create explicit images, prosecutors say.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A Hudson County man met an Ohio girl via the video game Roblox and asked her to send him sexual photos, prosecutors say.
Benjamin Martes, 19, was of East Newark, was charged Friday with endangering the welfare of a child/facilitating child sex abuse material and with endangering the welfare of a child/possession of child sex abuse material, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
Prosecutors said that in June, the Colerain Township, Ohio Police Department contacted Hudson County authorities regarding a 12-year-old girl who'd met a man through the video game Roblox.
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Police said the man told the girl to create and send child sex abuse material.
Martes was identified as the perpetrator, prosecutors say.
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During an investigation, he was found to be storing child sexual abuse material on electronic devices, prosecutors said.
Martes was arrested at home and taken to the Hudson County Jail to await his first court appearance, officials said.
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