A convicted sex offender from Ocean County found himself back in jail on Wednesday on charges that he allegedly persuaded a minor to send him vulgar pictures and asked the child to engage in inappropriate behavior.
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A Lakewood man, who is already in custody on state charges for accruing child porn, has been charged by U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for producing and collecting child sexual abuse images.
A Manalapan man has been arrested for distributing child porn images following a month long investigation by Monmouth County Prosecutors and New Jersey State Police.
Law enforcement discovered graphic images at the Brick man's home that he had photographed himself engaged in sexual acts with two extremely young children.