Dear Ocean County Prosecutor's Office,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:

Records requested: Any and all records related to the investigation and arrest of Christopher Budelman for the Possession of Child Pornography including but not limited to any and all National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) complaints and complaint numbers, Investigation and Supplemental Investigation reports, arrest reports, sentencing reports, any reports related to bail hearings/detention hearings, and any and all reports and report numbers of any reports/communication made to the NJ State Police or to or from local police departments, and HSI, related to the investigation and arrest of Christopher Budelman by members of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Technology Crime Unit regarding a search warrant executed September 27, 2022 in Brick, NJ and his subsequent arrest on October 4, 2022 at JFK Airport. Included in the request would be any spin off investigations conducted by any member of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office related to Christopher Budelman. Thanks

Yours faithfully,

Sean Nelson Boero

Dear OCPO_OPRA,

Thank you so much for the prompt response. In September 2021 Cyber-Tips were received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited children and the investigation identified a location in Brick, NJ.

In June 2022 Cyber-Tips were received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and an investigation by the OCPO identified the same location in Brick, NJ.

In September 2022 a search warrant was executed at the location in Brick, NJ, evidence recovered and Budelman was subsequently arrested.

An analysis of the recovered digital evidence and the investigation identified numerous images and videos of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) that were shared using Kik Messenger. The CSAM involved females between the ages of 5-10 years of age.

The forensic analysis identified a child in Colorado and a child in Ohio who were communicating via Omegele who were sextorted into performing sex acts that were recorded and saved on the recovered evidence.

We are blessed to have Det Most and DSG Coles "on the job." I would respectfully request you forward the facts of this case to Prosecutor Billhimer and Chief of Detectives Anthony Carrington. 1 year to respond to a Cyber-Tip would be a managment problem that should be addressed and, as this case demonstrates, allowed a pedophile to victimize two children while the Cyber-Tips sat on a desk.

I will be in the USA until February so feel free to reach out any time for management/forensic advice. Kindly use this opportunity to review the management of the Cyber-Tips entrusted to the OCPO and make the appropriate changes.

Peace.

Yours sincerely,

Sean Nelson Boero