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New Jersey Policeman Charged With Invading Date's Privacy by Publicizing Sex Photo

A state trooper who took a picture of a 25-year-old woman while engaged in a sexual act with her in Belmar last summer shared it with others without her knowledge including a state juvenile corrections officer, according to prosecutors. Using the camera on his mobile phone, authorities say 26-year-old Christopher Johnston of South Plainfield took a picture of the woman while engaged in a consensual sexual act with her Sept. 4 at a Belmar summer residence. He then showed it to "other individuals," according to a Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office release.

Trooper charged with invading companion's privacy, Asbury Park Press, May 13, 2006.