Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal announced the arrest of Diego Avila, 26, of East Rutherford, for endangering the welfare of a child, specifically for the possession of videos and/or images depicting child exploitation.
Avila was arrested on today (Feb. 5) without incident subsequent to a search warrant that was executed at his residence.
The investigation revealed that Avila was using the internet to acquire images and videos depicting explicit images of minors. In this case, the explicit images of minors contained over 100 images and/or videos of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts.
As a result of a court authorized search warrant at Avila's residence, his computer and additional items were seized that contained these images and videos.
He was charged with one (1) count of endangering the Welfare of a child for the possession of the aforementioned videos and images.
Avila was issued a summons and released on his own recognizance