A security guard employed by the Newark Board of Education was arrested Thursday night after traveling to North Bergen to meet what he believed was a 13-year-old girl for a sexual encounter, police said.
Key Takeaways
- Jeffrey B. Sanders, 34, was arrested in North Bergen after allegedly traveling to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl.
- Police said digital evidence showed weeks of explicit messages, images, and videos.
- Sanders faces charges of child luring, attempted sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.
Police Respond to North Bergen Residential Complex
Jeffrey B. Sanders, 34, of Newark, was taken into custody at approximately 11 p.m. after North Bergen police responded to a residential complex. Officers had received a report that a man had arrived at the location to meet a juvenile.
Investigators obtained electronic communications and other digital evidence indicating that Sanders had spent several weeks exchanging messages with someone posing as a 13-year-old girl. The conversations took place through social media and messaging applications before Sanders traveled to North Bergen…