Authorities in Burlington County say a man from Camden, who is a drug dealer, will likely spend nearly a decade behind bars in connection to the death of one of his customers in 2019.
Burlington County Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Porn
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina says James Hunt of Burlington Township entered a guilty plea on May 5th in Mount Holly to one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Under terms of the agreement reached with the Prosecutor’s Office, he will be placed on the state’s sex offender registry and will also be under parole supervision for life.
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Coffina says an investigation began last year after the Burlington County Prosecutor s Office s High-tech Crimes Unit received information regarding Hunt’s online activities from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Authorities were able to determine Hunt had been uploading videos containing child sexual abuse material. Multiple electronic devices were seized from his home when a search warrant was executed.
MOUNT HOLLY A Burlington Township man will serve three years in prison on child sex assault charges.
James Hunt, 21, pleaded guilty last week to endangering the welfare of a child in connection with uploading child sex assault images to the internet.
The Threadleaf Terrace man had drawn the attention of Burlington County Prosecutor s Office (BCPO) High-Tech Crimes Unit and had been under investigation since last year.
During a search warrant of his residence, the unit found child sex-abuse files on Hunt s devices.
He and others were arrested during the BCPO’s Operation Safe Quarantine project.
Hector Luis Davila reports on public safety for the Burlington County Times, the Courier Post, and The Daily Journal. He is from Philadelphia and studied journalism at Eastern University. Reach him at hdavila@gannett.com
Former N.J. camp counselor pleads guilty to child porn charges for 2nd time
Updated May 10, 6:39 PM;
Posted May 10, 6:39 PM
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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.