🚨 NJ Elementary Teacher Charged in Child Exploitation Case 🚨
JerseyTalks Staff
Sep 07, 2025
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What happened
Somerset County prosecutors say Kenneth Vaughn, 35, of Peapack —an elementary school teacher in Branchburg—has been charged after investigators found he was distributing explicit images of children online. 🔎 A Cyber Tipline alert from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children triggered the probe.
What remains unclear
- Somerset County prosecutors say Kenneth Vaughn, 35, of Peapack —an elementary school teacher in Branchburg—has been charged after investigators found he was distributing explicit images of children online.
- The investigation is still ongoing.
Somerset County prosecutors say Kenneth Vaughn, 35, of Peapack—an elementary school teacher in Branchburg—has been charged after investigators found he was distributing explicit images of children online.
🔎 A Cyber Tipline alert from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children triggered the probe. Detectives seized Vaughn’s electronic devices during a search warrant at his home.
📅 Arrested Aug. 26, 2025, Vaughn faces 2nd-degree charges and was released pending a court hearing.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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