200,000 Child Abuse Images Found On Ridgewood Man's Devices, Prosecutors Say

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — A Ridgewood man has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse material after having more than 200,000 nude or explicit images of children on his devices, prosecutors said Thursday.

Antonio Gines, 43, of Ridgewood was charged with the first-degree crime last Tuesday, said the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

He was served in the Bergen County Jail, where he was already in custody, on Friday, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said that on Jan. 31, the Ridgewood Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit regarding alleged images of child sexual abuse material.

An investigation by police and prosecutors determined that he had "over 200,000 depictions of nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children on one or more electronic devices."

He remains held in jail to await further action by the Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack.