DOVER, NJ — A 20-year-old man has been arrested on charges including invasion of privacy, stalking, cyber harassment and obscenity, authorities announced.
Eric Morales-Cortez, of Dover, was taken into custody following an investigation by the Dover Police Department and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit.
Authorities allege Morales-Cortez filmed a victim during an explicit act without consent and then released that video directly to multiple individuals and on social media.
The defendant is also accused of sending different explicit videos to one victim in 2023 and to another victim in January.
Investigators allege Morales-Cortez took videos of a different victim on multiple occasions, placing her in fear for her safety.
Additionally, authorities allege the defendant repeatedly trespassed on another victim’s property and peered into her windows, causing her to fear for her safety.
He is also accused of following another victim while they were on foot as he followed in a vehicle.
The alleged acts occurred over the course of 2024 through January.
Morales-Cortez has been charged with two counts of third-degree invasion of privacy, four counts of fourth-degree cyber harassment, three counts of fourth-degree stalking, four counts of fourth-degree obscenity, one count of fourth-degree peering and one count of criminal trespass, a disorderly persons offense.
He has been detained in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending future court proceedings.
