Farmingdale Crossing Guard-School Board Member Charged With Child Porn

FREEHOLD, NJ — A member of the Farmingdale Board of Education and crossing guard in the borough has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.

William L. Shaffer, 47, was arrested Friday and is being held at the Monmouth County jail pending a detention hearing, Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said.

Shaffer's name had been removed from the list of school board members on the Farmingdale Public School website as of Friday evening. He had just been elected to another term in the Nov. 5 election.

In September authorities received a tip from a cloud-based software company and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office High Tech Bureau’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit investigated and determined Shaffer was viewing child sexual assault materials as well as possessing them, the prosecutor's office said.

Anyone with further information about the matter is asked to call Detective Anthony Lacher of the prosecutor's office at 800-533-7443.ation regarding representation for Schaffer was not readily available.