On Tuesday, May 24, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit filed charges against a Union City man for recording a woman inside of her home without her consent.
24-year-old Mario Lopez Esquit is charged with one count of Invasion of Privacy, a crime of the third degree.
He was processed at the Hudson County Correctional Facility where he is currently being detained on other charges.
Lopez Esquit is scheduled to make his first court appearance on the latest charge on May 25.
The Prosecutor’s Office has also filed a motion for detention which is tentatively scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, May 31.
Lopez Esquit was previously arrested on January 18, of this year for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the New Jersey State Police, and the Union City Police Department with the investigation.
The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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