A WEST DEPTFORD MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
" A 52-Year-Old West Deptford Man Has Been Indicted On Child Pornography Charges In Camden County."
July 1, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
Gloucester Township, NJ.- On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer, and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Camden County has returned a 38-Count Indictment against Gregory R. Mahley, 52, of West Deptford, New Jersey, for Manufacturing and Possessing Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
The Indictment stemmed from an investigation initiated by The Gloucester Township Police Department on September 9, 2020, after mirrors were discovered on the inside of stalls in the Girls bathroom in a Middle School. Mahley, an HVAC Technician who had access to various of the School, including utility closets adjacent to the Girls Bathroom. Mahley has been accused of peering at Minor Females through the vents while they used the bathroom stalls where the mirrors were affixed.
From that vantage point, on September 9, 2020, the first full day of the school year, Mahley allegedly used a tablet to record videos of seven minor females between the ages of 12 and 13, and one teacher, while they used the restroom stalls. Mahley was later located by Police inside the utility closet, where he was allegedly recording the videos, and was detained.
Gloucester Township Police Detectives worked with members of The Camden County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, and School Personnel, to identify each victim and notify their parents.
Further investigation revealed that Mahley allegedly engaged in the same type of conduct in 2013 and 2014, in three High Schools in Cape May and Gloucester Counties. A search of the various computers found in Mahley's home uncovered multiple additional videos connected to those locations.
Members of The Middle Township Police Department, The West Deptford Police Department, and the Harrison Township Police Department, along with Detectives from The Cape May County and Gloucester County Prosecutor's Offices worked carefully with School Personnel to determine the identity of those additional 13 victims by identifying and locating the Bathrooms depicted in each video.
In total, Detectives determined there were 20 victims between the ages of 12 and 17 and One Adult.
Mahley is currently detained in The Camden County Jail pending trial. All matters were consolidated and venued in Camden County, were Mahley's alleged conduct was most recent and initially discovered.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER JULY 1, 2021: LAW, CAMDEN: