SUSPENDED STATE TROOPERS INDICTED ON OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
" Jeffrey Reitz & Andrea V. Knox Were Indicted On Charges On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 On Misconduct & Possession & Distribution Of Child Sexual Abuse Material."
September 24, 2021 By John Elberger Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TRENTON, NJ.- On Friday, September 24, 2021 Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced that on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, a State Grand Jury sitting in Trenton, New Jersey has returned an Indictment against two suspended New Jersey State Troopers on Charges they allegedly exchanged Child Sexual Abuse Material.
The Grand Jury returned the Indictment on Wednesday, against Jeffrey Reitz, 49, of Williamstown, New Jersey with Four Counts of Third Degree Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material; Two Counts of Second Degree Official Misconduct; Two Counts of Second Degree Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material; and One Count of Fourth Degree Attempted Tampering With Evidence.
The Grand Jury also returned an Indictment on Wednesday, against Andrea V. Knox, 36, of Mount Holly, New Jersey with One Count of Second Degree Official Misconduct; One Count of Third Degree Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material; and One Count of Fourth Degree Attempted Tampering With Evidence.
The Charges relate to texts that Knox allegedly exchanged with Reitz. Reitz was previously Indicted on December 19, 2019 on Two Counts of Third Degree Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, in connection with email exchanges he had with a different woman. This Indictment supersedes the prior Indictment and incorporates the allegations related to Reitz's emails with that different woman. During those exchanges, the woman proposed that Reitz Sexually Assault a Young Girl and sent him a Sexually Explicit Photo of the Girl.
Additional Images of Child Sexual Abuse Material were found in an iCloud Account that belonged to Reitz, which was allegedly sent to and received from an unidentified individual.
Further investigation of that iCloud Account revealed that Reitz allegedly engaged in Sexually Explicit conversations about an underage girl with fellow Trooper Knox. On August 27, 2018, Knox allegedly encouraged Reitz by asking for details about the Sex Acts Reitz would like to perform on the girl. Reitz later told Knox he had touched the girl.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
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