Gloucester Township Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Police

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — A 48-year-old Gloucester Township man has been arrested on various charges related to child pornography, police announced.

Brian J. Lusardi, of the Glendora section of the township, was arrested after police executed a search warrant at his home on Thursday, Gloucester Township police said.

During the search, police said they seized multiple devices that will be examined by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit forensic lab.

Lusardi was charged with one count of second-degree distribution of child pornography and one count of third-degree possession of child pornography. He was remanded to the Camden County Jail pending his detention hearing. Attorney information for Lusardi was not immediately available.

The investigation began after Gloucester Township police received a tip through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in early February, police said.

Detectives from the police department’s Juvenile and Family Services Bureau and Special Response Team were joined by members of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office of New Jersey High Tech Crimes Unit in the execution of the search warrant early Thursday morning.

“The detectives of the Juvenile and Family Services Bureau have gone through the intensive training by the New Jersey State Police to be able to join the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force,” the police department said in a statement. “Tips in reference to child pornography are received from several different agencies and social media sites which are then disseminated to the local ICAC task forces for further investigation. Identifying and prosecuting child predators is at the forefront of Gloucester Township Police Department's policing philosophy.”