Crime & Safety
Bergen County Man Distributed Child Sex Abuse Images: Prosecutors
After a search of a Bergen County man's home on Friday, he was arrested for distributing child sex abuse images, prosecutors said..
HACKENSACK, NJ — A Hackensack man was arrested on Friday for distributing child sex abuse material, prosecutors said.
Jonnathan F. Ganan Taza, 23, was charged with distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material, said the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Prosecutors said that members of their Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at Ganan Taza's home as part of an investigation.
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The investigation determined that he used the internet to "view, download, possess, distribute, and share items
depicting nude and/or sexually explicit pubescent and prepubescent children," prosecutors said.
He was taken to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, prosecutors said.
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