By: Richard L. Smith
Bergen County officials have announced the arrest of 63-year-old James T. Reilly of Edgewater following an investigation into the distribution of explicit images involving minors.
According to a statement from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, on Wednesday, April 23, members of the Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at Reilly’s residence as part of an ongoing investigation into the online exploitation of minors.
The investigation revealed that Reilly had used the internet to view, download, possess, and distribute materials depicting the explicit contact of minors, officials said.
Following his arrest, Reilly was taken to the Bergen County Jail, where he remains in custody pending his first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack.