Pedophile Youth Pastor In South Jersey Pleads Guilty

Plus:  Former Giants running back in critical condition after saving children from drowning.

We start in South Jersey with a pedophile pastor.  A Burlington County youth pastor has pleaded guilty to blackmailing four underage boys into performing sex acts online.  32-year-old Sean Higgins of Palmyra pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of children and has been sentenced to 27 years in state prison.  The crimes occurred when in 2020; while Higgins served as the youth pastor and music leader at Harbor Baptist Church in Hainesport.  The boys in question were not part of his church community but found on snapchat as he posed as a teenage girl.  Posing as the girl enabled him to blackmail the teens into the inappropriate behavior.  27 years.  Prison.

The estate of Brain Sicknick is suing Donald Trump.  Sicknick is a New Jersey native and tragically one of the Capitol police officers who died as a result of the January 6^th 2021 attack on the US Capitol.  The lawsuit, announced the day before the 2 year anniversary of the attack, seeks 10 million in damages claiming that “Trump intentionally riled up the crowd and directed and encouraged a mob to attack”.

Raymond Santiago has been confirmed as the Monmouth County Prosecutor, the county’s highest ranking law enforcement official.  The 48 year old from Freehold has been in the acting prosecutor position since October.

Former Giants running back Peyton Hillis is hospitalized in critical condition after saving his children from drowning in Pensacola, Florida.  The former NFL star remains in the ICU undergoing treatment on his lungs and kidneys.  Doctors say his health is improving, but he remains unconscious.  His children are said to be safe and unharmed.  Hillis played eight seasons with the NFL and was on the cover of the Madden 12 video game before retiring in 2015.  He played his final two seasons for the Giants.