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NJ Soccer Referee Charged with Possessing Explicit Images of Minors

Piscataway

Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Scott Cartmell of the Piscataway Police Department said today that a township man has been arrested and charged with possessing illicit images of children on his home computer.

Lawrence Lapczynski, 47, of Piscataway was arrested on March 21, 2017 on one count of possession of Explicit Images of Minors.

He was arrested and charged during an investigation by Detective Robert Wei of the Piscataway Police Department and Detective George Stilwell of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Police determined that the defendant had stored an undisclosed number of illicit images of children in his computer.

Lapczynski was employed as a referee for the Raritan Valley Soccer Officials Association and worked as a freelance umpire and referee through the Arbiter Sports website.

The investigation is active and is continuing.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Wei of the Piscataway Police Department at (732) 562-2370, or Detective Stilwell of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-8675.

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