Ethan Z. Chandler, 42, of Belleville, previously lived in Connecticut and Tennessee, police said Tuesday Watch video
ESSEX COUNTY - The youth sports video producer arrested earlier this month on child sex charges previously lived in Connecticut and Tennessee and police are seeking potential victims there, authorities said.
Ethan Chandler, 42, of BellevilleThe State Police issued the multi-state alert Tuesday in the investigation of Ethan Z. Chandler, 42, of Belleville, and identified other counties in New Jersey where he previously resided. Authorities asked people to share the post featuring several photos of Chandler on social media.
"Detectives have determined that Chandler resided in Bergen, Essex, and Morris counties while living in New Jersey," according to the State Police. "He also lived in the towns of Norwalk, Stamford, and Monroe in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the mid-1990s, Davidson County, Tennessee."
Chandler was arrested on Dec. 1 after exchanging explicit messages with an undercover detective posing as a 13-year-old boy and arranging to meet the detective in Woodbridge, authorities have said.
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The detective was responding to an advertisement Chandler posted on Facebook and contacted him through the mobile chat app Kik, police said.
Chandler posted bail, but was arrested a second time less than a week later after investigators found additional evidence taken during the search of his residence, police said.
Chandler had sex with a 14-year-old boy at his apartment on at least three occasions, including as recently as a several weeks ago, police said. He has since been released on $200,000 bail and pleaded not guilty at his initial court appearance.
Police have not said if any additional alleged victims have come forward.
Anyone with information about other possible alleged victims is asked to call the New Jersey State Police Digital Technology Investigations Unit at (609) 584-5051 ext. 5624 or email hitech@gw.njsp.org.
