Mahwah Sex Offender Re-Arrested For Having 5,000 Child Abuse Images: Prosecutor

MAHWAH, NJ — A convicted sex offender living in Mahwah was arrested Tuesday on new child pornography charges, prosecutors said.

Quinn T. Dickson, 28, of Mahwah, was charged with second-degree possession of child pornography, said the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

He had already been convicted in 2022 of distributing child pornography, according to the state sex offender registry.

Prosecutors said that on Tuesday, their Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at Dickson's Mahwah home as part of an internet child sexual abuse material investigation.

Investigators determined that Dickson used the internet to view, download, and possess more than 5,000 items "depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," prosecutors said.

Dickson was taken to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, prosecutors said.

The state sex offender registry lists him as a tier 2 offender for "repetitive compulsive" behavior.

Reports in Patch and other media outlets indicate that Dickson used several social media accounts and apps in 2021 to communicate with children under 13. READ MORE: Mahwah Man Facing Child Porn, Endangerment Charges

His case was also given as an example in the state attorney general's ongoing lawsuit against the social media app Discord.