Morris County man charged in connection with alleged online communications with undercover agents posing as minors
ROCKAWAY BOROUGH, NJ (Morris County) – A Morris County man has been charged in connection with multiple online communications allegedly made with undercover agents posing as minor children, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll.
The investigation began in February 2025 based on a referral from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota to the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office, Carroll said.
Andrew Ryan Hendershot, 32, of Rockaway Borough is alleged to have engaged in sexually explicit conversations via Snapchat with what he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, but which was an undercover PCSO agent, Carroll said.
The investigation revealed Hendershot to be from Rockaway Borough. Once the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office took over the investigation, Hendershot began engaging in sexual text conversations with undercover law enforcement officers from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force posing as a 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl, Carroll said.
Hendershot also allegedly sent the 13-year-old explicit videos of himself. He also asked and agreed to meet with the 13-year-old at a coffee shop in Morris County on a certain date, Carroll said.
Hendershot was arrested on February 28 and charged with second-degree attempted sexual assault, second-degree attempted luring, two counts of third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child – sexual conduct, third-degree endangering the welfare of a child – possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), third-degree obscenity, and fourth-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct.
Pursuant to the Criminal Justice Reform Act, Hendershot has been detained in the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a future detention hearing.
