Highland Park, New Brunswick Men Charged In Child Porn Bust

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Last Thursday, six men in Middlesex County were taken into custody and charged by the county prosecutor with being in possession of child sex abuse/exploitation materials — including men from New Brunswick and Highland Park. Two teens were also arrested.

Hongpeng Zheng, 24, of New Brunswick was arrested and charged for second-degree Distribution of Child Pornography, third-degree Possession of Child Pornography, and second-degree Using a File-sharing Program to Store Items Depicting the Sexual Exploitation or Abuse of Children.

Ali Armas-Iriarte, 58, of Highland Park was arrested and charged for third-degree Possession of Child Pornography, second-degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Child Pornography, and second-degree Using a File-sharing Program to Store Items Depicting the Sexual Exploitation or Abuse of Children.

This was part of a raid that detectives with the county prosecutor and State Police did on May 13, where they executed search warrants at Middlesex County homes they had been monitoring online.

Edison, Highland Park, New Brunswick, Sayreville and Monroe men were also arrested and charged. For a complete list, see here: 8 Middlesex County Residents Charged With Possessing Child Porn

All of the men were arrested following investigations by Detective Daniel Lojek and Detective Stephanie Redline of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Presently, the investigations appear to be unconnected and the individuals are unknown to one another. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Lojek at (732) 745-5924 or Detective Redline at (732) 867-1496.

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