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<p>PITTSTON &#8211; A New Jersey man is facing charges after allegedly obtaining and threatening to share explicit photos of 12-year-old Pittston girl.</p><p>Pittston police said a Hubert Young began conversing with a 12-year-old girl through Facebook messenger under false pretenses, exchanging explicit photos after claiming to also be a juvenile.</p><p>Police said the girl began to feel uncomfortable by Young&#8217;s requests and refused to continue. Young allegedly responded by threatening to release the photos she had previously sent him, which resulted in the girl blocking him.</p><p>Police said that a few weeks later, the Pittston girl was contacted by who she believed to be another young girl who pressured her to revive her friendship with Young. According to police, both messaging accounts were operated by Young.</p><p>Pittston police said they&#8217;ve been investigating the case since February. Midway through their investigation, police also received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.</p><p>Young was arrested with the help of police in Rockaway, New Jersey and is currently incarcerated in New Jersey.</p><p>The specific charges against Young have not been released, but police say he will be arraigned in Pennsylvania before a magisterial district judge.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Alyssa Mursch</p></bylineMeta></div>

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