Crime & Safety
More Than 7,000 Child Porn Files On Bergen Man's Computer: Prosecutor
Officials arrested a 19-year-old Oradell man after finding thousands of child pornography files on his computer, the Bergen prosecutor said.
ORADELL, NJ — Officials arrested a 19-year-old Oradell man after finding thousands of digital child pornography files on his computer, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Cyber Crimes Unit had been investigating Everett C. Reilly for several months, Musella said. Officers arrested Reilly on Thursday after conducting a search warrant at his Seminole Street home, Musella said.
Reilly "used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 7,000 digital files, and distributed multiple digital files, depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Musella said.
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Reilly was charged with second-degree possession of child pornography and second-degree distribution of child pornography, according to Musella.
Reilly is custody at the Bergen County Jail.
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The Cyber Crimes Unit has officers from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the Englewood, Ramsey, and Lynwood police departments.
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