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Child porn suspect on Mass. State Police most wanted list captured

LAKEWOOD, N.J. — A child pornography suspect recently added to the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted Fugitives list was captured in New Jersey Thursday afternoon.

Stephen Cote, 47, was arrested by New Jersey officers as he got out of a car in the parking lot of the Westgate apartment complex in Lakewood, New Jersey.

Cote was wanted by state police, Northampton Police and federal law enforcement authorities for receipt of material involving sexual exploitation of minors. An arrest warrant for Cote was issued in November 2015 after investigators developed evidence he was in possession of child pornography. He had been on the run ever since.

Cote was added to the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted Fugitives list on June 25th.

He will be held until his arraignment in federal court in the near future.