By: Richard L. Smith
Bergen County officials reported the arrest of 34-year-old Mr. Christopher Battin of Milwaukee, WI, on the charges of aggravated sexual extortion of a minor, lewdness, and stalking.
Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, March 7, the North Arlington Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit regarding a minor under the age of 13 who was
being contacted online by a stranger.
Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit and the North Arlington Police Department initiated an investigation and quickly suspected that the online stranger may be an adult who was sexually extorting the minor.
During the course of the months-long investigation that followed, detectives determined that the online stranger engaged the minor in sexually explicit conversations; sent sexually explicit
photos of himself to the minor; requested the minor send him explicit photos; and made threats to expose the child’s online activity and photos while repeatedly contacting the minor from different phone numbers.
Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from the Cyber Crimes Unit identified the online stranger as Battin.
As a result of the investigation, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, a warrant was issued for his arrest , charging him with second-degree aggravated sexual extortion against a child under the age of 13,
On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, with the assistance of the United States Marshals Service, Battin was located and arrested in Milwaukee, WI.
He was taken into custody by deputy United States Marshals and remanded to the Milwaukee (WI) County Jail,
pending extradition to Bergen County, NJ.