Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office arrests man for Internet luring

jefhenninger — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:37:29 +0000

Having dealt with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on these cases, I can say that these guys are really good at what they do. They are constantly arresting people across New Jersey who have not learned anything from the “to Catch a Predator” series on NBC. While they are great to deal with, the judges up there are tough on these cases. Thus, it takes an attorney with experience with these cases to get a great result.

In this case, David Raymond N. Cegla of Bedminster has been charged with attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a minor by engaging in sexually explicit dialogue and of endangering the welfare of a minor by distributing child pornography and by possession of child pornography. He faces up to 20 years if convicted on all charges. The BCPO reports that he is employed as an information technology manager at JP Morgan Chase in the Whippany. So, he has the money for a good attorney. Hopefully for his sake, he gets one.

Story is here.

NJ YMCA worker faces child porn charges

whitecollarcrimenews — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:51:03 +0000

Alex Kahn, an 18 year old high school student from Basking Ridge has been charged with second- and fourth-degree charges of endangering the welfare of a child after an undercover investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The second degree charge is for the alleged distribution of child pornography and the fourth degree charge is for the possession charge. Like most child porn investigations these days, the alleged child porn was found in a “shared folder” most likely for use in a P2P service like BearShare. The problem with that is that most people do not realize that their downloads are automatically placed in a shared folder.

These cases are great for a defense attorney; at least they should be. However, most defendants including Mr. Kahn, confess to everything which severely limits a defense attorney’s options. Without a confession, it is possible to avoid charges all together. I know this because I have done it in my own practice. Thus, when attorneys such as myself beg people to call an attorney first over and over again, we have clients like Kahn in mind.

Nevertheless, even with a statement, you can still work out great deals. Hopefully Kahn gets an attorney that knows what he or she is doing. I see far too many attorneys that take computer crime cases when they know don’t even know how to turn on a computer.

Story is here.

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Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office arrests man for Internet luring

NJ YMCA worker faces child porn charges