Kevin Tomafsky, a former assistant to Republican Chris Christie when he was governor of New Jersey (2010-2018), was arrested on charges that he paid to participate in a sexual act with a six-year-old girl and possessed thousands of items of child pornography in the house where he lived with his mother.
Tomafsky, 41, has been under investigation since October 2022 after what Snapchat alerted about alleged child sexual abuse National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and the information reached the Gloucester County (NJ) Prosecutor’s office.
A High Court judge authorized a search warrant for the home Tomafsky shared with his mother. The search was carried out on December 14, 2022 and an examination of the devices belonging to him revealed that possessed less than 1,000 items of child sexual abuse material.
A grand jury indicted Tomafsky in July and was arrested on August 15. He is currently being held at the Salem County Correctional Center in Mannington (NJ), it emerged last week.
Tomafsky was charged with engaging in sexual conduct with a minor, conspiracy to endanger the welfare of a minor, allowing a child to engage in pornography, and possession of child pornography.
The victim’s father was also charged., a resident of Washington Township, like Tomafsky. The newspaper New Jersey Globe He did not reveal the name to protect the privacy of his daughter, the alleged victim. That other individual was accused of six criminal chargesincluding knowingly committing the act of sexual penetration of a minor and photographing a minor engaging in a sexual act.
According to court records, Tomafsky was identified as the original recipient of an explicit photograph after Gloucester prosecutors reviewed records provided by Snapchat as a result of a court order.
Christie hired Tomafsky to serve in the governor’s office in June 2010. after spending eight years working on Republican campaigns in South Jersey, including as campaign manager for Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-Vineland). Tomafsky He still held a position at the state Department of Labor, which he resigned from last week.he detailed NY Breaking.
Tomafsky worked in Christie’s programming office, managing surrogates representing the governor at events in every New Jersey county and in other states.
All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
In a similar case, in August a young New York City public school teacher was arrested on suspicion of exchanging sexual text messages with a 16-year-old student.
Also that month, a math teacher was sued, fired, and charged with child abuse charges for allegedly filming an 11-year-old Hispanic student in the bathroom of a prestigious Catholic boys’ school in Manhattan (NYC) with his cell phone.
In July, Richard Leaf, a 75-year-old former teacher and well-known Westchester County (NY) high school sportscaster, admitted receiving child pornography. In June Steven Marksberry, a New York police officer assigned to the Bronx, was arrested at his home on Long Island for alleged possession of child pornography.
In April Damon Rallis, former vice chairman of the Southold Town (Long Island) Democratic Committee and former leader of the city’s Boy Scout troop, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. Also that month, a Latino construction worker was accused of using child pornography in New Jersey.
He National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has warned since 2020 about an increase in cases of child pornographyfor the most adults and children time online during the pandemic. If you are a victim or suspect that someone is being mistreated, especially if they are a minor or elderly person:
