‘Operation Bad Santa’
12 NJ Men Accused of Contacting Minors for Sex
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12 sick males from New Jersey ended up on Santa’s further naughty checklist after they have been busted for attempting to satisfy up with a minor for intercourse earlier this week.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone introduced the profitable mission referred to as “Operation Bad Santa” took a dozen dudes aged 23 to 65 years previous — together with a center faculty trainer and youth program coordinator — to the slammer after they traveled to a residence anticipating to search out an underage baby for sexual exercise. During the multi-agency effort, officers posed as minors on social media and messaging apps, and persuaded the boys to satisfy them on the undisclosed Middlesex tackle … the place they have been consequently cuffed.
The operation concerned a number of police departments, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI Newark. It occurred between December 8 and December 15.
Most of the boys have been arrested on one depend of second-degree luring and one depend of third-degree criminal try of endangering sexual conduct with a toddler — all felonies. They have been recognized as Marcos Aguila, 57, of East Brunswick; Cameron Ameye, 33, of Bloomingdale; Delpis Reynoso-Castro, 26, of New Brunswick; Jose Leguia, 57, of Old Bridge; Hareshkumar “Harry” Vala, 44, of Dunellen; Vedant Khandelwal, 38, of Bridgewater; Kevin Knox, 65, of North Brunswick; and Joseph Davicsin, 46, of East Brunswick. Raul Angeles, 53, of Asbury Park, was solely charged with one depend of third-degree criminal try of endangering sexual conduct with a toddler.
Jorge Mora, 52, of Jackson, and Akash Shah, 23, of East Brunswick, have additionally been accused of distributing obscene materials to a minor. James Keating, 59, of Edison, was arrested on one depend of third-degree criminal try of endangering sexual conduct with a toddler and one depend of third-degree distributing obscene materials to a minor.
Ameye is a program coordinator of Youth Rise, an instructional readiness program at Passaic County Community College, and Davicsin is a center faculty trainer in Elizabeth, in keeping with the prosecutor’s workplace.
Ciccone says the investigation is ongoing and reminds the general public that every one defendants are presumed harmless except confirmed responsible in court.
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