Ex-Cop In BurlCo Admits To Sharing Women's Nudes Through Hacking

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A former Mount Laurel police officer who hacked into women's social media accounts and shared their nude images will face up to 12 years in prison under a plea agreement.

Ayron Taylor, 25, of Moorestown, was initially charged in 2022 after investigators found that he accessed victims' private images and distributed them to people on their contact lists. He performed some of the actions while on duty as a patrol officer, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

A grand jury returned a 97-count indictment against Taylor last year.

The investigation began in September 2022, when the initial victim told police that her Snapchat and Facebook accounts were hacked. She reported that the unknown hacker accessed her nude photos, sent them to her Facebook friends and posted them on her Facebook wall.

About 20 victims — all female — came forward with similar accusations, according to prosecutors. Authorities said they all had student email accounts through Rowan College at Burlington County, which is in Mount Laurel.

Investigators determined that Taylor hacked into roughly 5,000 email accounts associated with the college. He conducted the illegal computer activity from his personal devices while on duty as a patrol officer, prosecutors said.

Taylor became a full-time Mount Laurel police officer in October 2021. The police department immediately suspended him when he was charged a year later, prosecutors said.

He resigned after the police department took measures to fire him.

Officials from Rowan College at Burlington County cooperated with the investigation, prosecutors said.

In February 2024, Taylor was indicted on the following charges:

• 54 counts of elements of computer theft (second- and third-degree)
• 21 counts of endangering the welfare of a child, including distribution of child pornography (second- and third-degree)
• 19 counts of invasion of privacy (second- and third-degree)
• two counts of attempted elements of computer theft (second- and third-degree)
• one count of official misconduct (second-degree)

Taylor pleaded guilty on Monday to computer theft and official misconduct (both second-degree).