UPDATE:
February 4, 2022
EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)—According to an Affidavit of Probable Cause obtained by MidJersey.news The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a report from KIK regarding the distribution of child pornography and generated a cybertip report where a user utilized KIK to upload three files containing child pornography. After reviewing the cypertip an IP Address 73.193.229.70 was located with a physical address in the 600 Block of Ithaca Place in East Windsor.
On January 27, 2022, officers executed a search warrant at the residence on Ithaca Place in East Windsor, NJ. While executing the search warrant, Mitchell B Richtman, 31, was located in the residence. Officers located and seized several electronic devices belonging to Richtman, according to the affidavit.
Police stated in the affidavit that while previewing the seized electronic devices detectives located a combination of between approximately 1,000 and 100,000 images and video files containing child sexual abuse material.
Additionally, while previewing the seized electronic devices, detectives located approximately twenty-one (21) videos depicting Mitchell Richtman performing fellatio on a horse, as reported in the Affidavit of Probable Cause.
The document also shows Richtman was charged with, knowingly possessing or knowingly view or knowingly have under his control, though any means including the Internet, between 1,000 and 100,000 items depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of a child in violation of N.J.S.2C:24-4B (5) (B) (II) which is a Second Degree Crime.
Richtman was also charged with knowingly use an animal in a sexual manner, and/or did initiate sexual contact on an animal specifically by performing fellatio on a horse, in violation of N.J.S. 4:22-17C(4) which is a Fourth Degree Crime.
The Affidavit of Probable Cause is signed by Detective Minnick
According to a search of the New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry Mitchell B. Richtman is a Tier 2-Moderate Risk offender and was convicted on October 12, 2005 for 2C:24-4A – Endanger Welfare of Children in Mercer County.
Richtman was taken into custody and charged in 2017 after two girls saw him committing a lewd act in a aisle between bookshelves at the Hamilton Public Library while watching a video on his cell phone.
Ritchtman was arrested on a similar charge in Hightstown branch of the Mercer County Library in 2016 and a prior sex offense conviction in 2011.
Mitchell B. Richtman, 31, of East Windsor, NJ Mitchell B. Richtman, 31, of East Windsor, NJ, is charged with second-degree possession of child pornography and fourth-degree animal cruelty. The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain Richtman pending trial. 