Dear Island Heights Borough,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

A copy of complaint W20260000131510, W20260000141510, OCPO Case Number 26000548, Police case number 250900537, Booking number 15-237807 including the Statement of Probable Cause for the arrest of Thomas C Koch, SBI 896131H for Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography, Attempting to Lure or Entice a Child, Possession of Methamphetamine, etc. in Island Heights Boro.

"The investigation began in September 2025 when detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Squad were notified by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations that a 12-year-old had been engaged in sexually explicit video chats and text messages with an adult later identified as Koch. Around the same time, the City of Sparks, Nevada, Police Department reported that a 13-year-old in its jurisdiction had also been communicating in a sexually inappropriate manner with an adult, who was likewise identified as Koch."

Kindly include any communications via email/phone between the OCPO, the Island Heights Police Department, the North Dakota Bureau of Investigations and the City of Sparks, Nevada and the associated CAD/Spillman Reports regarding your department's response on or about February 12, 2026.

Thanks

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Sean Nelson Boero