child predators

Colin Skeele, of Florham Park, was a Boy Scout camp counselor, a private school teacher and an EMS volunteer before being sent to prison for sex assault and child pornography.

Another dozen New Jersey educators, coaches and instructors who have worked with children were facing criminal charges after being arrested in 2023.

Kenneth Lutz, of Phillipsburg, faced aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault by contact charges, stemming from reported abuse more than 20 years ago.

Cornelius Gallagher, a pulmonologist from Wall Township, faced charges stemming from a decade of abuse of a young relative, Monmouth County authorities said.

Ranait Griff faces probation, after admitting she failed to report Matthew Rennie for having sex with a 17-year-old girl at the private NJ school where Griff and Rennie worked.

An Asbury Park man has been found guilty by a Monmouth County Jury after he sexually assaulted a child under the age of 12-years old for several years.

"Operation Eagle Eye" saw a round-up of defendants ranging from teens to an 81-year-old.

After Pascual Matias was found guilty for a second time of the same sex abuse of a young child, he won't get a third trial.

Joshua Daranijo, of Pennsylvania, has been accused of molesting three boys while working at Camp Bernie in Lebanon Township.

David Musial faces criminal charges stemming from sex assaults over a four-year span, according to police, starting when the victim was 14.

Freddy Salas, of Bayonne, has worked at a Jersey City school. Prosecutors said none of the crimes involved students or school property.

Victor Torres, of Hackettstown, has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and other counts.