A Bergen County man was accused this month of sexually assaulting a teenage girl after he started an online romantic relationship with and enticed her mother to visit him in New Jersey in 2022, federal prosecutors said.
Corey Hipscher, 52, of Lodi, was charged with one count each of production, receipt and possession of child pornography. He was ordered to be detained after his first court appearance in Newark federal court on Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey said in a release.
Between 2020 and August 2023, Hipscher communicated with a now 15-year-old girl who lived in a different, undisclosed country using a social media platform, the office said. During these chats, he encouraged her to send him images and videos of herself engaging in sexually explicit conduct, authorities said.
He then began an online romantic relationship with the girl’s mother and in September 2022, the family visited him in New Jersey, investigators said.
During the visit, he allegedly sexually assaulted the girl and took sexually explicit photos of her younger sister, who is now 10 years old, at his apartment, authorities said.
The family returned to their home country in October 2022 before returning to New Jersey at some point last year. On Aug. 5, 2023, police received an allegation that Hipscher had sexually abused the older daughter, according to a criminal complaint.
Five days later, police executed a search warrant of his home and found a cellphone on his bedside table which contained disturbing and sexually explicit videos and photos of the siblings, the complaint stated.
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