William Mickel was employed by the Boy Scouts of America in Morris County when he trafficked videos and still images of child sex abuse via email, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Mickel had hundreds of files stored on electronic devices in his Lake Hopatcong home, some of which "depicted children who were surreptitiously recorded using bathrooms in the Boy Scout camps where Mickel worked," Sellinger said -------------------- Local authorities originally arrested Mickel before the FBI assumed jurisdiction and gathered evidence that led to an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark.

William Mickel, 70, of Lake Hopatcong, NJ has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing and sharing child pornography. Officials said he was found with videos that depicted children at the camps where he worked A former worker at several Boy Scout camps throughout New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography -- including videos that depicted children at the camps where he worked. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, 70-year-old William Mickel, of Lake Hopatcong, NJ, pleaded guilty to charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. According to court documents,...

- Richard Alcalade, 26, was arrested Tuesday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). - A private school teacher and coach in Lakeland was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. - Alcalde was hired as teacher and boys’ soccer coach at Star Athletes Academy, located at 3151 Hardin Combee Road in Lakeland, in August 2023. His employment has been terminated, according to the sheriff’s office and a school administrator on campus. - Sheriff Grady Judd said the girl was not his student, but they met at the school. - The teenager told detectives that Alcalde gave her...