Crime & Safety
Hackensack Man Jailed For Sexually Explicit Messages: Prosecutor
Juan Arnoldo Tomas Juarez was charged after police learned he was engaging in sexually explicit conversations with a minor, prosecutors say.
HACKENSACK, NJ — A Hackensack man was arrested after engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with a person under the age of 16, authorities say.
According to a news release from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Juan Arnoldo Tomas Juarez, 28, was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact on Friday, April 24.
The arrest was made one day after Englewood Police received information of Juarez’s actions, which spawned a joint investigation between the police department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Juarez was remanded to Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
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