Cop Shared Woman's Nude Photos After Hacking Her Social Media: NJ Official

EVESHAM, NJ — Officials charged a South Jersey police officer who they say hacked into a woman's social media accounts and sent nude photos she took of herself to her contacts.

The Mt. Laurel Police Department has suspended 22-year-old Ayron Taylor, who graduated from the police academy last October, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Chia L. Bradshaw. Taylor was arrested October 21 and released following his preliminary appearance in Burlington County Superior Court, according to Bradshaw.

Bradshaw's office said Taylor, of Delran, has been charged with three counts of computer crime (one second-degree, two third-degree), two counts of endangering the welfare of a child (one second-degree, one third-degree) and invasion of privacy (third-degree).

Some of the nude photos were taken when the woman was a minor, Bradshaw said.

The victim, an Evesham woman, contacted police last month and said someone had hacked her Facebook and Snapchat accounts, Bradshaw said.

The woman said that person sent nude photos, that the woman had taken of herself, to her Snapchat contacts. The woman said the person also messaged the photos to her Facebook friends, and posted them on her profile page.

Investigators secured communications data warrants, and "revealed Taylor had illegally accessed the accounts and distributed the photos," Bradshaw said.

Taylor graduated from the police academy in October 2021 and became a full-time police officer, Bradshaw said. Taylor has been suspended without pay and the Mt. Laurel Police Department is seeking to terminate him, Bradshaw said.