Crime & Safety

Ridgewood Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges

Joseph Nizza, 26, is accused of possessing and sending pornographic images of pre-pubescent girls over the Internet.

A Ridgewood man was arrested Friday on charges he attempted to send child pornography to undercover detectives, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced Friday.

According to Molinelli, Joseph Nizza, 26, used the Internet to acquire and transmit numerous images and videos depicting child pornography. 

"Nizza uploaded illicit files to undercover investigators of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Task Force and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department Internet Crime Unit," Molinelli said in a news release. "In this case, the child pornography contained images and videos of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts."

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He faces two charges of endangering the welfare of a child. 

Nizza, single and unemployed, was remanded to Bergen County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail with no 10 percent option. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.

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