FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Raymond Worrall

PHONE: 201-320-3550

EMAIL: rworrall@hcpo.org

DATE: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

UNION CITY MAN CHARGED WITH INVASION OF PRIVACY

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit filed charges against a Union City man for recording a woman inside of her home without her consent.

Mario Lopez Esquit, 24, is charged with one count of Invasion of Privacy in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-9b(1), a crime of the third degree. He was processed at the Hudson County Correctional Facility where he is currently being detained on other charges. Lopez Esquit is scheduled to make his first court appearance on the latest charge today. The Prosecutor’s Office has also filed a motion for detention which is tentatively scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Lopez Esquit was previously arrested on January 18, 2022 for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the New Jersey State Police, and the Union City Police Department with the investigation. The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6)