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August 11, 2004
SJ cybersleuth leads to child abuse arrest in New Jersey
Tue, Aug. 10, 2004 -- By Chuck Carroll -- Mercury News
Cross-country cooperation between a San Jose cybercop and New Jersey police led to the arrest Monday of a 40-year-old man who allegedly tried to lure the officer, posing online as a 12-year-old boy, to the Garden State for sex.
San Jose police said today that Phillip G. Neri of Pittsgrove Township, N.J., was intent on getting the ``boy'' to move in with him. Neri told a New Jersey undercover investigator posing as a child welfare caseworker that he and the ``boy'' were relatives. He even bought a plane ticket for him, San Jose police said.
San Jose police Detective David Gonzalez, working on San Jose's Internet crime task force, began conversing with Neri over the Internet in July. When he had enough evidence, Neri contacted New Jersey police. They arrested Neri on Monday.
Three months earlier, New Jersey police had charged Neri with possession of child pornography.
As a result of the latest investigation, Neri was charged under New Jersey law with luring a minor through the Internet, attempted aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a minor. He was booked into Salem County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Posted by Nealus at August 11, 2004 11:12 AM
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