'Peeping Tom' Charged With Making Child Porn: Mount Olive PD

MOUNT OLIVE, NJ — An investigation into a "peeping tom" in an apartment complex ended with a Budd Lake man facing several child pornography charges, Mount Olive police said.

Police say Melquan M. Vargas, 23, was arrested after they began investigating complaints that someone was looking in the windows at the Hensyn Village Apartment Complex at the end of 2018.

Vargas was first arrested on charges of having over 50 grams of marijuana on Jan. 16, police say. Police executed a search warrant of his home after that arrest, and police say they found a pound of marijuana in his home. Police say they also found cell phone video of "a juvenile in a prohibited sexual act."

Vargas was charged with three counts each of manufacturing of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and invasion of privacy, and one count each of stalking, possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute, marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was taken to the Morris County Correctional Facility ahead of a hearing.

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