Operation Safe Quarantine nabs 9 more suspected online predators, prosecutors say
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Prosecutors say 46 people have now been charged in Operation Safe Quarantine.
BURLINGTON, N.J. - Nearly 50 people have now been charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material during a year-long operation in New Jersey that targeted online predators who sought to exploit children during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor s Office.
Officials on Wednesday announced nine more arrests as part of Operation Safe Quarantine, a joint initiative between federal and local law enforcement that targeted online predatory behavior and the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
Authorities says nine more people, which brings the total to 46 over twelve months, have been charged as part of an operation targeting online predatory behavior and the possession and distribution of child porn.
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Former N.J. camp counselor pleads guilty to child porn charges for 2nd time
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A man who formerly worked with children at a Jewish summer camp in Medford Township admitted last week that he distributed child sexual assault material in exchange for a 10-year state prison sentence, officials said.
Stephen Gifford, 36, of Medford, pleaded guilty last week to endangering the welfare of a child, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
An investigation revealed that Gifford shared more than 1,000 images and videos of “sexual assault material,” according to a statement from the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Detectives seized multiple electronic devices from his home and after they were examined and the office’s high-tech crimes unit found the material, they said.