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After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again
After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again A year behind bars apparently made little difference to a convicted “compulsive and repetitive” cyber-stalker from Old Tappan who went after his victim yet again after being released, said authorities who seized him once more on Wednesday. Daniel G. Pfeiffer, 29, spent 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after being convicted of posting fake nude photos and creating bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated nearly seven years earlier. This came after three arrests for similar behavior over a two-year span. The unemployed salesman was released in late October. Bergen County Prosecu…

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3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One 3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One
3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One In a series of attacks that Ridgewood police said were unrelated, three village residents in roughly 24 hours reported being cyber-harassed, leading in one instance to the arrest of an Orange County man. Jacob Goodman, 19, was arrested after he hacked into a 19-year-old woman’s social media account and “posted photos of her and illicit photos of other people,” Ridgewood Police Chief Jaqueline Luthcke said Monday. Goodman of Warwick was charged with cyber harassment and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack, she said. A 65-year-old Walthery Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prospect Park PD: Gang Members Who Took $167G In Jewelry, Cash, Guns Nabbed Prospect Park PD: Gang Members Who Took $167G In Jewelry, Cash, Guns Nabbed
Prospect Park PD: Gang Members Who Took $167G In Jewelry, Cash, Guns Nabbed Prospect Park detectives cracked a series of burglaries, arresting two self-proclaimed Trinitario gang members who they said stole more than $167,000 in jewelry, cash, watches, electronics – and guns. Detective Walter Richmond and Officer Arthur Canestrino were reviewing surveillance footage from a burglary last Friday when they identified a car whose owner said a 17-year-old Passaic boy had been using it at the time. A search of the vehicle turned up several pieces of jewelry taken during a Prospect Park break-in, Capt. Ammen Matari said Wednesday. Around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Richmond and C…

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Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61
Undercover Oxy Buys Lead To Arrest Of Rutherford Delivery Driver, 61 RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A Rutherford delivery driver delivered Oxycodone pills to an undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s detective three separate times, leading to his arrest, authorities said. Investigators made the buys after learning in November that Steven Lanza, 61, was dealing the prescribed painkiller, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. They arrested him Tuesday on drug distribution charges after the third buy, records show. Lanza was released pending an April 4 first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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Glen Rock PD: Cashier Stole $12,000 From Kilroy's Glen Rock PD: Cashier Stole $12,000 From Kilroy's
Glen Rock PD: Cashier Stole $12,000 From Kilroy's GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Glen Rock police charged a now-former employee at Kilroy’s Wonder Market with stealing nearly $12,000 from the business through bogus transactions at the register, authorities said. Erin Grace Marciniak, 26, was released on a summons pending a March 30 first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. Detective Lucas Doney arrested Marciniak of Marlboro Road on theft charges after reviewing video from the store’s surveillance system, Ackermann said. Owners of the store -- considered a borough institution -- said s…

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Bergen Prosecutor: Print Shop Worker Had Thousands Of Child Porn Files Bergen Prosecutor: Print Shop Worker Had Thousands Of Child Porn Files
Bergen Prosecutor: Print Shop Worker Had Thousands Of Child Porn Files HACKENSACK, N.J. – A print shop worker from Central Jersey thought he was sharing child pornography with a fellow enthusiast who turned out to be a Bergen County Prosecutor’s detective. Jimmy Rivera, 41, remained held in the Bergen County Jail Friday pending a detention hearing Monday in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Rivera, who is married had thousands of files of “nude and sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children” at his Perth Amboy home when investigators raided it on Wednesday, Calo said. They arrested him…

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Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School
Mahwah Police Seize Drugs, Bust Two In Raid On Hotel Room Near High School MAHWAH, N.J. -- Cocaine, Oxycodone and pot were among the drugs being sold from a hotel room near Mahwah High School, said police who busted a couple staying there. Investigating a tip, Detective Michael Grassi and Officer Matthew Buonocore and Officer Liam Kantanas watched the Route 17 hotel for four days before obtaining a search warrant and raiding the room, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. They were joined by patrol officers -- among them, Officer Robert Rapp and drug-sniffing K9 Remco, Batelli said. Arrested on a variety of drug charges -- including having drugs for sale within 1,…

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Prosecutor: Maywood DWI Driver Charged After Leaving Passenger Critical Prosecutor: Maywood DWI Driver Charged After Leaving Passenger Critical
Prosecutor: Maywood DWI Driver Charged After Leaving Passenger Critical MAYWOOD, N.J. – A Maywood welder who crashed his hatchback into two utility poles and a tree before dawn Wednesday, leaving his passenger near death, was charged with assault by auto and DWI, authorities said. The crash occurred exactly a year to the day that 21-year-old Benjamin Scarpulla lost his mother, Deirdre Scarpulla, 47, to cancer. Scarpulla was released to a responsible adult pending a Jan. 12 first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The crash occurred just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Maywood and Len…

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