A half-dozen South Jersey men were arrested in June for crimes related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.
Paul Adcock, 51, of Franklinville; Ronald Aron, 23, of Oaklyn; Robert Cormier, 50, of Cherry Hill; Nicholas Dean, 30, of Bellmawr; Michael Howard, 30, of Pine Hill and Joel Valdez, 24, of Camden have been charged with possession of Child Sex Abuse Material (SAM).
Adcock was also charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and related charges after the Haddon Township Police Department received multiple complaints on June 10 and 11 that a suspicious male driving a black Honda – later identified as Adcock – was following children as they walked home from school. A forensic search of his cell phone found CSAM, police said. Adcock has been remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility.
Aron was arrested and charged on June 11 with distribution of CSAM after a tip led detectives to a Snapchat account used to possess and distribute the material. Detectives identified Aron as the account’s user, and a forensic search of his cell phone also produced CSAM. He is also being held at the county correctional facility.
Cormier has been charged with distribution of CSAM and firearms possession, as well as other charges. A cyber tip led detectives to Snapchat and Google email accounts used to possess and distribute CSAM that identified Cormier as the user. He was arrested in Barrington on June 13 after briefly barricading himself in a residence.
A search of Cormier’s Cherry Hill residence – where he also ran a government contracting business – yielded firearms, large-capacity magazines, bomb-making materials and suspected crystal methamphetamine, according to the prosecutor. Detectives also located a bomb disposal robot belonging to the U.S. Navy. Cormier is also being held at the county correctional facility.
Dean was charged on June 3 with distribution of CSAM and other crimes after a cyber tip led detectives to a KIK account and cell phone used by him to possess and distribute the material. He was arrested in Bellmawr and also remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility.
Howard was charged on May 8 with possession of CSAM after detectives found a Dropbox account of his used to possess the material. He was arrested in Pine Hill on June 12 is being held at the county correctional facility.
Valdez was arrested and charged on June 3 with distribution of CSAM and related charges after a tip led detectives to a cell phone and a WhatsApp account used to possess and distribute the material that identified him as the user. He was arrested in Camden and remanded to the correctional facility.
