Posts Tagged ‘child pornography’
A Private Actor’s Role in A Criminal Search Could Be Unlawful
State v. Lapczynski Appellate Docket No.: A-1671-19 Decided March 9, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey affirmed a denial of a motion to suppress after child pornography was found by a cohabitant, reported to the police, and after police viewing some…
Read MoreIs Searching Files on Someone’s Computer Considered a Warrantless Search?
State v. Lapczynski Appellate Docket No.: A-1671-19 Decided March 9, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey affirmed a denial of a motion to suppress after child pornography was found by a cohabitant, reported to the police, and after police viewing some…
Read MoreDoes Using a University’s Internet Network Give the University the Right to Monitor Someone’s Computer and Retain Child Pornographic Images Linked to that Computer?
State of New Jersey v. Jade Stephen Eplin Docket No. A-6044-17 Decided October 1, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished decision from the Appellate Division of New Jersey affirmed the conviction of a man convicted of third-degree possession or viewing child pornography, arising from child pornographic images discovered…
Read More5th Amendment and Computer Passwords and Child Pornography
STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT G. WHITE, (June 5, 2019) New Jersey Appellate Division (Not Approved for Publication) Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Issue: Defendant further argues that the trial court’s order compelling him to produce the passcodes or otherwise decrypt the external hard drives violates his right against self-incrimination under…
Read MoreWinslow Township Man Charged with Distribution of Child Pornography – June 7, 2018
Submitted by New Jersey Child Pornography Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Office of the Prosecutor Camden County has posted a new item, ‘Winslow Township Man Charged with Distribution of Child Pornography – June 7, 2018′ Patrick Sardoma, 22, of Sicklerville in Winslow Township, was charged with Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography on June 5,…
Read MoreCherry Hill Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography – April 17, 2018
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Office of the Prosecutor Camden County has posted a new item, ‘Cherry Hill Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography – April 17, 2018’ Timothy Ronaldson, 35, of Cherry Hill, was charged with Possession of Child Pornography according to Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Cherry…
Read MoreLindenwold Man Charged With Sexual Assault and Manufacturing Child Pornography – March 8, 2018
Mikael Carter, an 18-year-old Lindenwold resident, has been charged with Luring a Minor to Commit Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault according to the Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colallilo and Lindenwold Police Chief Thomas Brennan. Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. He was also charged with Manufacturing Child Pornography, Endangering the Welfare…
Read MoreFBI’s Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We Knew
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Questions were raised last year about whether FBI agents were actively recruiting technicians at Best Buy’s Geek Squad to search for illegal content on customer devices. According to newly released documents, however, prior reports only scratched the surface: Best Buy’s ties with the FBI appear more…
Read MoreCriminal Expert Witnesses, Child Pornography Distribution, and the Doctrine of Merger
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 14-2-2945 State v. Michael D. Miller, N.J. Super. App. Div. (Carroll, J.A.D.) (21pp) New Jersey’s Appellate Division has recently decided a case in which defendant was charged and convicted of fourth-degree child endangerment by possessing child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(b) (Count One) and second-degree child endangerment for…
Read MoreGLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP MAN ARRESTED FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – 5/25/16
Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Gloucester Township Police Chief Harry Earle announced a Gloucester Township man has been arrested and charged Tuesday (5/24/16) with distribution of child pornography. Robert Cohen, 20, is charged with second-degree distribution of child pornography. An investigation by the Camden…
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