Gregory Schaffer

Gregory Schaffer, 34, of Bayonne, has been indicted on charges he sexually assaulted two girls between 2005 and 2010.

(Hudson County Prosecutor's Office)

A screen capture of Gregory Schaffer's profile page on a dating website where he claims to be a U.S. Navy SEAL.

A Bayonne man who authorities say sometimes posed as a Navy SEAL has been indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting two girls multiple times between 2005 and 2010, Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Gaetano T. Gregory announced today.

Gregory Schaffer, 34, of Bayonne, was indicted for aggravated sexual assault, multiple counts of sexual assault by contact, two counts of terroristic threats, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of child abuse, officials said. He was officially charged in December and the indictment was handed up earlier this month.

Hudson County First Assistant Prosecutor Debra Simon said that on at least one occasion, the girls were molested together.

Schaffer is currently in federal custody, on charges that

One of the girls, who authorities say are friends, was sexually assaulted when she was 8 and 9 years old and then again when she was 11 years old, Gregory said. The sexual assault that took place when the girl was 11 was recorded on videotape by Schaffer and seized by law enforcement officials, the proseuctor said.

A second girl was sexually assaulted in 2008 when she was 12, officials said. Video footage of that naked victim was also recovered by law enforcement officials, Gregory said.

According to Gregory, Schaffer used various social media sites, including Craigslist, to communicate with and coerce the young girls to meet him. An investigation revealed that Schaffer represented himself as many things, including a talent scout, producer, swim instructor, business owner, Navy SEAL and information technology specialist, officials said.

Schaffer, who faces up to 20 years in prison, also used the alias of John Archambeault, Gregory said.

Last June he was arrested on charges that he lured a 15-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. girl looking for a summer job to his office in Jersey City and raped her. He told her that he owned four stores, including a lingerie store.

When the girl told her boyfriend and police, authorities raided the office and found photos of young girls in bikinis, sex toys and handcuffs, as well as a file on the 15-year-old Brooklyn girl, officials said last June.

Police believe that there are possibly other victims in the case and are asking for anyone with information to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victim's Unit at (201) 915-1234 or Homeland Security Investigations/New York Child Exploitation Group at (646) 313-4380.

Gregory credited the joint efforts of the Homeland Security Investigations/New York Child Exploitation Group, United States Attorney's Office and the Hudson County Prosecutor's Special Victim's Unit in the investigation.