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NJ jails child molester arrested for drug trafficking

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🔴 New Jersey man arrested for drugs is also child abuser

🔴 Child sexual abuse content discovered, further charges filed

🔴 Confession of guilt made in winter

A 32-year-old Morris County man who was first arrested for drug trafficking and then as a child molester has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison.

Michael Figueroa of Jefferson was arrested in April 2023 after police seized 11 bricks of suspected heroin and a bag of cocaine from his home.

Several handguns, a pump-action rifle and ammunition were also found during the same raid.

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Police subsequently found files on his smartphone containing material about child sexual abuse. Investigators concluded that a child under the age of 13 had been abused in Figueroa’s apartment for over two years.

Figueroa pleaded guilty in January to first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree failure to possess weapons to certain persons, and third-degree possession of CDS with intent to distribute.

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On Friday he was sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison without eligibility for parole.

The final seven years must be served at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center for Sex Offenders.

Figueroa must also register under Megan’s Law and would later be subject to lifelong parole supervision.

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