30 YEAR OLD TRENTON MAN DETAINED IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE INVOLVING A 5 YEAR OLD CHILD
" Kevin Pearsall Has Been Detained Pending Trial On Charges Of Distribution & Possession Of Child Pornography & Being An Accomplice In The Sexual Assault Of A Child."
March 4, 2022 5:43 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TRENTON, NJ.- On Thursday, March 3, 2022 Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced that an investigation into Online Child Exploitation has resulted in an Arrest and Detention of a Trenton, New Jersey man.
Detectives with The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit recently received information from The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual in Mercer County was Distributing Child Pornography.
An investigation was initiated and Kevin Pearsall, 30, of Trenton, New Jersey was identified as a subject.
On Friday, February 11, 2022, Detectives with The Prosecutor’s Office detained Mr. Pearsall without incident at The Hamilton Walmart where he is employed. Mr. Pearsall’s cell phone was seized pursuant to a Court Authorized Search Warrant and approximately Thirty Videos Depicting Child Pornography were located, including one that Mr. Pearsall shared with another person. Mr. Pearsall was Charged with Second Degree Distribution of Child Pornography; Second Degree Possession with the Intent to Distribute Child Pornography; and Third Degree Possession of Child Pornography.
Detectives continued their investigation and discovered that Mr. Pearsall and the other individual Engaged in the Exchange of Child Pornography as well as a Sexually Explicit Conversation regarding Sexual Abuse and the Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Additionally, Detectives obtained evidence that Mr. Pearsall actively Promoted and Directed the Sexual Assault and Abuse of a Five-Year-Old Child during the conversation with this other individual.
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office filed Additional Charges against Mr. Pearsall, including Two Counts of First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault as an Accomplice; Second Degree Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Sexual Assault; and Third Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child as an Accomplice. The investigation of the individual Mr. Pearsall conversed with is active and ongoing.
Last week, a Hearing was held in Mercer County State Superior Court and Judge Robert W. Bingham II Granted The Prosecutor’s Office motion to Detain Mr. Pearsall pending Trial.
Mercer County Prosecutor Onofri urged anyone with information about suspected improper contact by unknown persons communicating with children via the Internet or Possible Exploitation or Sexual Abuse of Children to please contact The Prosecutor's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit at 609-989-6568 or The New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Tip Line at 888-648-6007.
"The Rules Of The Court Requires 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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