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SEXTORTION: Maryland Fugitive Freed After Out-Of-State Senior Looking For Love Loses $20,000 SEXTORTION: Maryland Fugitive Freed After Out-Of-State Senior Looking For Love Loses $20,000
Sextortion: Maryland Fugitive Freed After Out-Of-State Senior Looking For Love Loses $20,000 A fugitive from Maryland charged with sextorting a New Jersey senior out of $20,000 online after getting him to take compromising selfies was immediately freed by a judge after surrendering to police. Posing as a woman, Ali H. Maman, 59, of Frederick, MD, communicated with an elderly Glen Rock resident through Instagram and WhatsApp, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The victim was convinced to share the risqué photos, then was contacted by someone else who demanded a $20,000 bank wire transfer in exchange for not posting them online, Ackermann said. The victim wired the money last July to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Baltimore Murder Suspect Captured By US Marshals In New Jersey Baltimore Murder Suspect Captured By US Marshals In New Jersey
Baltimore Murder Suspect Captured By US Marshals In New Jersey Federal authorities finally caught up with a 21-year-old man wanted for a Baltimore murder in New Jersey, and have brought him back to Maryland to face charges. Members of the US Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Baltimore's Keion Moore earlier this month in the Aug. 6 killing of 29-year-old Codell Brown, authorities in Baltimore said. Police said only that Moore was lodged in the Bergen County Jail prior to his extradition on Friday, Dec. 15. Moore is believed to have killed Brown on Sunday, Aug. 6, in the 600 block of East 33rd Street in Baltimore. The 2…

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by Zak Failla
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Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted In New Jersey Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted In New Jersey
Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted In New Jersey Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized enough fentanyl to produce nearly 3½ million potentially fatal doses, along with enough heroin to fill more than 27,000 folds, while arresting a Baltimore man. Carlo Francisco Olivar Gomez, a 42-year-old painter by trade, was caught with more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and more than six pounds of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. According to the DEA, it takes only a single two-milligram dose of fentanyl to kill a person.  A pound of fentanyl can produce 226,796 two-milligram doses. Multiplying that by 15 pounds gives…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Teacher Who Made National Headlines Jailed On Child Sex Charges NJ Teacher Who Made National Headlines Jailed On Child Sex Charges
NJ Teacher Who Made National Headlines Jailed On Child Sex Charges A teacher at a Hasbrouck Heights Catholic school who once made national headlines for participating in a prestigious space program was charged with sexually assaulting a child. James Falletti, 43, of Hackensack was released from the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, March 15, pending court action following his arrest on Monday, records show. Falletti "sexually assaulted [a] child, who was younger than 16 years old, in Elmwood Park," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The married Falletti taught science and world languages for seven years at St. Leo's Catholic School in Elmwood Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fake German Heiress In Netflix Show Spent Time 'On ICE' In NJ Jail Fake German Heiress In Netflix Show Spent Time 'On ICE' In NJ Jail
Fake German Heiress In Netflix Show Spent Time 'On ICE' In NJ Jail A convicted con woman featured in the Netflix series “Inventing Anna” spent time in the Bergen County Jail before being transferred to a federal detention center just across the border in New York State, where she's awaiting a deportation hearing. Anna Sorokin, who came to the United States in 2013, scammed unwitting victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as a German heiress named Anna Delvey. Using a fake name and claiming she was worth a fortune, Sorokin suckered banks, hotels and some of Manhattan's wealthy elite. She was trying to secure a $25 million loan to start a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! NJ Fugitive Wanted For Sex Trafficking Captured At Newark Airport GOTCHA! NJ Fugitive Wanted For Sex Trafficking Captured At Newark Airport
Gotcha! NJ Fugitive Wanted For Sex Trafficking Captured At Newark Airport A fugitive from Bergen County wanted for running a massive sex-trafficking ring in North Jersey, Rockland and New York City was captured trying to re-enter the United States from Colombia, authorities confirmed. Birmania “Nancy” Rincon, 62, a Colombian national living in Teaneck, was among the ringleaders of a crew that forced dozens of women into prostitution, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She was in the wind, however, when authorities seized 21 defendants during a series of early-morning raids at 19 homes and other locations in Bergen and Hudson counties exactly two weeks ag…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Woman, 73, Charged With Killing Baby Girl NJ Woman, 73, Charged With Killing Baby Girl
NJ Woman, 73, Charged With Killing Baby Girl UPDATE: A 73-year-old Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park who was charged with the death of an 11-month-old baby allegedly had been treating people in the area for years -- including the dead infant's older brother. Elida Catalan-Medina was charged earlier this week with aggravated manslaughter and illegally practicing medicine for giving baby Genesis a fatal dose of magnesium, olive oil and water to treat constipation, court documents show. Enma Medina, 38, who lives across town, took the infant to Medina-Ramos's home last Dec. 7 because the infant was sick, according to an affida…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICE Puts Hold On NJ Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens ICE Puts Hold On NJ Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens
ICE Puts Hold On NJ Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens A married contractor was charged with sexually assaulting two pre-teens in Hackensack and Westwood nearly five years ago. Francisco Barrera-Capistran, 36, who now lives in Homasassa, FL, was arrested in Westwood on Monday, Feb. 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail after ICE placed a detainer on him Tuesday amid questions about his immigration status. Jail records list him as a Mexican national. If a local judge orders his release for some reason -- say, bail reform -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has requested 48-hour …

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by Jerry DeMarco