Crime & Safety

Rumson Man Among 25 Arrested in Child Porn Sting

Christopher Brondi faces charges, as does a Red Bank man.

A Rumson man is accused of possession and distribution of child pornography, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced Wednesday.

Christopher Brondi, 57, was among 25 people arrested as part of an operation aimed at child pornography, including child rape videos. The list of the accused included two other Monmouth men: Manuel Sanchez-Olivarez, 37, of Red Bank and Steven Anan, 52, of Neptune City.

Dozens of law enforcement agencies and more than 50 officers took part in the effort, dubbed Operation Ever Vigilant. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the West Long Branch Police Department contributed to the effort, according to a press release issued by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

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The Digital Technology Investigations Unit of the New Jersey State Police began the investigation approximately three months ago by searching for New Jersey residents who were making child pornography available to others.  These files show pre-pubescent boys and girls being sexually molested by being penetrated, or by being coerced into performing sexual acts on themselves or others, the release stated.

“Anyone who views and distributes child pornography – particularly the type of child rape videos targeted in this operation – puts himself in league with the predators who sexually assault children to create these videos,” Chiesa said.

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Below is a list of those arrested during Operation Ever Vigilant. Each was charged with second-degree distribution of child pornography and fourth-degree possession of child pornography:

  • Stephen Rainone, 27, South Amboy, Middlesex County
  • Louis Cedeno, 46, Palisades Park, Bergen County
  • David Laidlaw, 36, Hillsdale, Bergen County
  • Ernest Okhtenberg, 39, Fair Lawn, Bergen County
  • Michael Suscreba, 66, Clifton, Passaic County
  • Nil Choudhury, 23, Margate City, Atlantic County
  • James Engle, 28, Budd Lake, Morris, County
  • Albert Femiano, 30, Clark, Union County
  • Frank Fiorelli, 61, Springfield, Union County
  • Joseph Lorz, 26, Bergenfield, Bergen County
  • Jose Oswaldo, 39, Fairview, Bergen County
  • Alfred Bakewell, 64, Sicklerville, Camden County
  • Moses Garcia, 25, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County
  • Jose Holguin, 59, Fords, Middlesex County
  • Alexander Ramirez, 36, North Plainfield, Somerset County
  • Brent Ailiff, 38, West Berlin, Camden County
  • Steven Anan, 52, Neptune City, Monmouth County
  • Ryan Bronchella, 34, Clementon, Camden County
  • Christopher Brondi, 57, Rumson, Monmouth County
  • Manuel Sanchez-Olivarez, 37, Red Bank, Monmouth County
  • Duane Bell, 43, Lawrence, Mercer County
  • Giovanni Jimenez, 37, Trenton, Mercer County
  • William Payton II, 20, Mount Holly, Burlington County
  • Frank Sysk II, 19, Browns Mills, Burlington County
  • Male juvenile, 17, Cherry Hill, Camden County


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