By: Tracie Carter
U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said a New Jersey, man was arrested and charged with traveling to a foreign place to engage in explicit conduct with a minor
According to federal officials, Jacob Bauer, 28, of Toms River, is charged by complaint with one count of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and one count of engaging in illicit conduct in a foreign place.
He made his initial appearance on April 2, 2025, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah L. Singh in Trenton federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
From December 1, 2023, through December 10, 2023, Bauer, then 27 years old, traveled from the United States to Norway to engage in explicit contact with a teen.
Once in Norway, Bauer, staying at a hotel, engaged in sexual activity with the victim on at least one occasion. After returning to the United States, Bauer communicated over social media platforms with the victim and others about his explicit contact activities with the victim.
During those conversations, Bauer acknowledged the victim’s age and status as a minor. After members of an online community that Bauer was active in learned of his explicit contact activities with a minor, Bauer was “doxxed” (his public information published online) by members of that community.
The investigation remains ongoing.