HADDONFIELD COP ARRESTED IN TEEN SEX SOLICITATION

Patrolman Jeffrey M. Goetschius, 36, allegedly solicited sex from a teenager on the Internet and was arrested Thursday.  He allegedly solicited sex from a 15 year old southern New Jersey boy in an Internet chat room used by children and he also had telephone contact with the victim.  When the boy's mother learned of the Internet chat, she contacted police.  Goetschius was suspected pending termination and was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and abuse and/or neglect of a minor.  He worked in the Haddonfield Police Department for two months and previously was a police officer with the Lower Camden County High School District.

(Camden, New Jersey)