Crime & Safety

Bergen County Man Arrested For Possessing Child Sex Abuse Materials: Prosecutor

A Bergen County man was arrested Friday for possessing child sex abuse materials, prosecutors said.

A Bergen County man was arrested Friday for possessing child sex abuse materials, prosecutors said.
A Bergen County man was arrested Friday for possessing child sex abuse materials, prosecutors said. (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A Closter resident was arrested Friday and charged with possession of child sex abuse material, prosecutors said.

Kurt A. Hildenbrand, 62, was charged with third-degree possession of child pornography after an investigation, said the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

Prosecutors said that on Wednesday, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit, in coordination with the FBI, initiated an internet child sexual abuse material investigation.

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It determined that Hildenbrand "used the Internet to view, download, and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children."

He was arrested in Paramus and taken to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, prosecutors said.

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