New jersey child predator extradited to pennsylvania to face charges in interstate child exploitation investigation

New Jersey child predator extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges in interstate child exploitation investigation

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July 24, 2025

BENSALEM, PA — A 65-year-old Hainesport, New Jersey man has been charged in Bucks County following an undercover investigation by Bensalem Police that began earlier this year, officials announced.

According to police, the investigation began on April 30, 2025, when a man initiated communication via a social media platform with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. Over the following weeks, police allege the man sent inappropriate messages and images, and made plans to travel to Bensalem to meet the individual in person.

Authorities confirmed that no child was involved and that the communications took place as part of a law enforcement operation.

Before the planned meeting occurred, the suspect was arrested on June 30, 2025, by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey in connection with a separate investigation. Investigators reviewing the man’s cellphone during that arrest discovered the conversations linked to the Bensalem case. Bensalem Police then obtained a warrant and lodged a detainer.

On July 22, deputies from the Bucks County Sheriff’s Department transported the suspect to the Bensalem Township Police Department. He was arraigned on charges including Attempted Sexual Abuse of Children and Unlawful Contact with a Minor and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $2 million bail.

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