‘Operation Unhealthy Santa’
12 NJ Males Accused of Contacting Minors for Intercourse
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12 sick males from New Jersey ended up on Santa’s further naughty checklist after they had been busted for making an attempt to fulfill up with a minor for intercourse earlier this week.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone introduced the profitable mission known as “Operation Unhealthy Santa” took a dozen dudes aged 23 to 65 years previous — together with a center faculty instructor and youth program coordinator — to the slammer after they traveled to a residence anticipating to seek out an underage baby for sexual exercise. In the course of the multi-agency effort, officers posed as minors on social media and messaging apps, and persuaded the lads to fulfill them on the undisclosed Middlesex handle … the place they had been consequently cuffed.
The operation concerned a number of police departments, the Division of Homeland Safety, and the FBI Newark. It came about between December 8 and December 15.
A lot of the males had been arrested on one rely of second-degree luring and one rely of third-degree prison try of endangering sexual conduct with a baby — all felonies. They’ve been recognized as Marcos Aguila, 57, of East Brunswick; Cameron Ameye, 33, of Bloomingdale; Delpis Reynoso-Castro, 26, of New Brunswick; Jose Leguia, 57, of Previous Bridge; Hareshkumar “Harry” Vala, 44, of Dunellen; Vedant Khandelwal, 38, of Bridgewater; Kevin Knox, 65, of North Brunswick; and Joseph Davicsin, 46, of East Brunswick. Raul Angeles, 53, of Asbury Park, was solely charged with one rely of third-degree prison try of endangering sexual conduct with a baby.
Jorge Mora, 52, of Jackson, and Akash Shah, 23, of East Brunswick, have additionally been accused of distributing obscene materials to a minor. James Keating, 59, of Edison, was arrested on one rely of third-degree prison try of endangering sexual conduct with a baby and one rely of third-degree distributing obscene materials to a minor.
Ameye is a program coordinator of Youth Rise, a tutorial readiness program at Passaic County Group Faculty, and Davicsin is a center faculty instructor in Elizabeth, in line with the prosecutor’s workplace.
Ciccone says the investigation is ongoing and reminds the general public that each one defendants are presumed harmless until confirmed responsible in courtroom.
