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Bergen County- Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 37-year-old ROBERT J. MESERVE, III of Plymouth, MA, on charges of distribution of child sexual abuse material, sexual extortion, terroristic threats, and stalking. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck.
In June 2025, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit received information about alleged sexual extortion. The adult victim reported that, over the course of several weeks, multiple unknown phone numbers called her and sent threatening messages to her and family members, including sending and then deleting photos and videos depicting the victim nude or engaged in sexual acts.
Despite eight different phone numbers utilized to make contact, the sender appeared to be ROBERT J. MESERVE, III, with whom the victim was acquainted. An investigation was initiated by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit. It revealed that the messages were designed to coerce the victim into a sexual relationship by threatening to expose explicit photos and/or videos. Ultimately, detectives traced the activity to ROBERT J. MESERVE, III. In addition, the investigation revealed that, in January 2025, MESERVE used the internet to share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children.
On August 27, 2025, with the assistance of the Massachusetts State Police and United States Marshals Service, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit traveled to Massachusetts, located ROBERT J. MESERVE, III, apprehended him, and executed a search warrant at his residence in Plymouth, MA.
As a result of the investigation, ROBERT J. MESERVE, III was arrested and charged with second-degree distribution of child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(a)i; third-degree sexual extortion, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-9.1a(2); fourth-degree terroristic threats, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3a; and fourth-degree stalking, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10b. MESERVE was remanded to the Plymouth County (MA) Correctional Facility, pending extradition to Bergen County, NJ.
Prosecutor Mark Musella states that the charges are merely accusations, and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Prosecutor Musella thanks the Massachusetts State Police, Plymouth (MA) Police Department, United States Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, for their assistance in this investigation and the apprehension of the defendant.
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