Mount Holly, NJ – A former Mount Laurel police officer has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after admitting he hacked into the social media accounts of multiple women and distributed their private nude images.
Ayron Taylor, 25, of Moorestown, was sentenced September 5 in Superior Court in Mount Holly under the terms of a plea agreement with the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Taylor pleaded guilty in March to second-degree counts of computer theft and official misconduct.
Prosecutors said Taylor exploited his position as a patrol officer while engaging in illegal computer activity from his personal devices. The investigation, launched in September 2022, began when a victim reported to Evesham Township police that her Snapchat and Facebook accounts had been hacked. Nude photos were then posted publicly and sent to her contacts.
As investigators dug deeper, they discovered that all victims were linked by student email accounts at Rowan College at Burlington County. Taylor had illegally accessed roughly 5,000 RCBC email accounts, prosecutors said. College officials cooperated fully with the probe.
“This was an extremely nightmarish invasion of privacy for these victims,” Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. “It was made even more egregious by the fact that the person who was terrorizing these young ladies was a law enforcement officer. You cannot hide from us in cyberspace – we are there, too, and we know how to find you.”
Taylor had joined the Mount Laurel Police Department after graduating from the police academy, but his misconduct while on duty unraveled his law enforcement career.
Key Points
- Ex-Mount Laurel officer Ayron Taylor sentenced to 12 years for hacking women’s social media and sharing nude images.
- Investigation revealed he accessed about 5,000 Rowan College email accounts.
- Prosecutor said crime was an egregious abuse of trust by a law enforcement officer.
The ruling underscores that even officers sworn to protect the public are not above the law.
