A 40-year-old Jersey City man has been charged with sending a girl overseas sexually explicit messages through Discord, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.
Stanley Ruiz, 40, of Jersey City, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and lewdness, Mello said in a statement.
He was arrested at his residence and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
In March 2025, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received information that an adult male sent explicit messages and images to a female juvenile through the social media application Discord…