Jamesburg Man Arrested After Lewd Pic Sent to Teen, Police Say

Jamesburg, NJ - A 50-year-old Jamesburg man has been arrested after police said he texted a lewd photo of himself to someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl, Middlesex County prosecutors said.

Linus Germe was arrested and charged Wednesday night after police said he sent the lewd photo to an undercover police officer who was posing as a 15-year-old girl. Earlier, Germe had given the 15-year-old girl his text number and asked her to contact him, investigators said. The girl told her father, and police were contacted. The undercover officer subsequently posed as the 15-year-old girl and texted Germe. He replied with text messages that included the lewd photo, police said.

Bail was set at $75,000. He was arrested and charged during an investigation by Detective Patrick Smith of the Jamesburg Police Department and Detective Felix De La Cruz of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

The investigation is active and is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Smith of the Jamesburg Police Department at (732) 521-0011, or Detective De La Cruz of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3300.

Photo of Linus Germe supplied by Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office