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by Robert Moran Published Dec. 8, 2025, 5:35 p.m. ET

A retired New Jersey teacher who advertises himself as a Santa Claus performer has been charged with distribution of child pornography, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey said Monday.

Mark Paulino, 64, of Hamilton, who retired from the Hamilton Township School District as an elementary school teacher, was arrested Friday at his home as law enforcement executed a search warrant, Marbrey said, who added that her office has filed a motion to detain Paulino pending a trial.

Detectives with the prosecutor’s office were alerted Thursday evening by the New Jersey State Police that a person in Hamilton Township had uploaded multiple files of suspect

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