{"id":84622,"date":"2017-09-26T08:23:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=84622"},"modified":"2017-09-26T08:23:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:23:55","slug":"eric-komar-pedogate-in-the-new-jersey-jewish-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=84622","title":{"rendered":"ERIC KOMAR: Pedogate in the New Jersey Jewish Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"headline\">Jewish kids singer from New Jersey charged with distributing child porn<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"underline\">Prosecutors say Eric Komar sent and received images and videos of young children being sexually abused<\/h2>\n<p>by AP<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_84623\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/perv-e1505971490574-640x400-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84623\" class=\"wp-image-84623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/perv-e1505971490574-640x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/perv-e1505971490574-640x400-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/perv-e1505971490574-640x400-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer\/songwriter Eric Komar was arrested on child pornography charges in New Jersey on September 19, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A music teacher and singer-songwriter who performs for children at synagogues, Jewish community centers, camps and conventions nationwide is facing child pornography charges.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say Eric Komar was charged Tuesday with receiving and distributing images of child sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Komar used a peer-to-peer file-sharing program to obtain and distribute images and videos of young children being sexually abused.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old Hillsborough man was represented at his initial court appearance by a federal public defender. That office does not comment on cases.<\/p>\n<p>Komar was being held without bail. He faces five to 20 years in prison if he\u2019s convicted.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/jewish-kids-singer-from-new-jersey-charged-with-distributing-child-porn\/\">http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/jewish-kids-singer-from-new-jersey-charged-with-distributing-child-porn\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish kids singer from New Jersey charged with distributing child porn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}