Dumont Man Charged with Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material After Months-Long Probe
A Dumont man, 45, surrendered Nov. 4 and is charged with possessing child sexual abuse material and endangering the welfare of a child after an investigation that began in April, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.
What happened
Where it happened
- Dumont, Bergen County.
What remains unclear
- It started with information Dumont police handed to county investigators in late April.
- The investigation included a court-authorized search of Farinola's electronic devices.
- The prosecutor's office thanked the Dumont Police Department for its help with the investigation.
It started with information Dumont police handed to county investigators in late April. More than six months later, a 45-year-old borough man turned himself in to detectives.
Nicholas J. Farinola, 45, of Dumont, is charged with third-degree possession of child sexual abuse material and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced Nov. 5.
The case began April 22, when Dumont police contacted the prosecutor's Cyber Crimes Unit, the prosecutor's office said. For months it stayed out of public view. The investigation included a court-authorized search of Farinola's electronic devices. Officials have not released details beyond the charges.
Farinola surrendered to prosecutor's detectives on Nov. 4 and was taken to the Bergen County Jail, where he was held pending a first appearance in Superior Court in Hackensack. The prosecutor's office thanked the Dumont Police Department for its help with the investigation.
No court date has been made public. The charges are accusations, and Farinola is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecutor's office asks anyone with information to call its tips line at 201-226-5532.
Source: Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
Photo: Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack. Stephdurante / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized.
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