A Jersey City man serving in the U.S. Air Force has been arrested for sex crimes involving his 9 year-old daughter.
On Tuesday, members of the United States Marshals Service Arizona Violent Offender Task Force took the 30 year-old man into custody.
He is charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a crime of the first degree, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child in violation, crimes of the second degree, Sexual Assault by Contact, and Attempted Aggravated Sexual Assault.
At least one of the crimes occurred while the man was stationed in Dubai as a member of the U.S. Air Force and involved the transmission of explicit images and videos while the daughter was in Jersey City.
The man’s name is being withheld to protect the identity of the daughter.
The daughter was between the ages of 8 and 9 at the time the crimes occurred. The man remains in custody in Arizona while awaiting extradition to New Jersey.