Secaucus Man Charged With Possession of Child Pornography

SECAUCUS, NJ — A man who lives in Secaucus was charged with possession of less than 100 files of child pornography, the Bergen County prosecutor's office announced on Friday.

In October of this year, members of the Bergen County prosecutor's office cyber crimes unit received information that William Hardt, 64, pictured above, was in possession of digital files depicting child pornography, the Bergen prosecutor said. They obtained a search warrant and raided his apartment in the XChange complex on December 10.

Police say they found approximately 65 digital files depicting nude or sexually explicit pubescent children.

Hardt works as a maintenance worker.

Hardt was charged Dec. 10 with one count of possession of child pornography. He will make his first court appearance in Hackensack on December 26 at 8:30 a.m.

Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo thanks the Rutherford, Lyndhurst and Secaucus Police Departments for their assistance.

Photo supplied by the Bergen County prosecutor.