MORRISTOWN, NJ — A Maryland man has been arrested and charged with attempted sexual assault in connection with online communications allegedly made with an undercover agent posing as a minor child.
Cristobal Slobodzian, 38, of Hyattsville, Maryland, faces one count of attempted sexual assault, a crime of the second degree; one count of attempted endangering the welfare of a child, a crime of the third degree; and one count of attempted obscenity, a crime of the third degree, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll and Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert M. McNally.
The investigation began in July when Slobodzian used a teen chat application to contact someone whom he believed to be a 13-year-old female, but was actually an undercover agent with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Slobodzian engaged in sexually explicit conversations with the 13-year-old persona and sent numerous pictures of his genitals, according to prosecutors.
The investigation revealed Slobodzian to be a resident of Prince George’s County, Maryland.
With the assistance of Prince George’s County Police Department officers, members of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office ICAC Unit executed a search warrant at the defendant’s Hyattsville residence on Nov. 12.
Slobodzian was subsequently detained in Maryland and is pending extradition to New Jersey.
The arrest is a result of coordination among several law enforcement agencies, including the Prince George’s County Police Department Special Crimes Division, ICAC/CVAA, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and MCPO Digital Investigations Unit.
