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Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: NJ Prosecutor Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: NJ Prosecutor
Pedo Got Kids To Strip Online, Then Shared Screenshots: NJ Prosecutor An unemployed Bergen County man paid children to strip during webchats so he could take screenshots that he then viewed and shared, authorities charged. Edward A. Torres, 23, tried destroying the evidence during a court-approved raid of his Union Place apartment off Harding Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit had learned that Torres “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. He got children to produce some of those…

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Police Officer Rescues North Jersey Assault Victim, Assailant Jailed Police Officer Rescues North Jersey Assault Victim, Assailant Jailed
Police Officer Rescues North Jersey Assault Victim, Assailant Jailed An Englewood Cliffs police officer rescued an assault victim, then subdued her assailant with help from backups, authorities said. The victim fled to safety after Officer Marc Krapels came upon the assault on Johnson Avenue while on patrol, Detective Lt. Ronald Waldt said. Waldt and Officer Regan assisted in arresting Angel Ballesteros, 31, of Union City after he became combative, the lieutenant said. Additional units from Englewood arrived as Ballesteros was taken into custody, he said. One officer sustained a minor injury but refused treatment, Waldt said. A Superior Court judge in Hac…

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One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized
One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized Police nabbed one suspect and were tracking down another after they broke into a Bergen County home owned by one of New York City rapper Fat Joe's business partners. Efrain Uran Garcia, 43, and his partner bolted out a back door of the North Woodland Street residence in Englewood shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when they realized someone was home, police said. The resident was unharmed, they said. The pair ditched a late-model SUV in a Booth Street resident's driveway and ran, neighbors said. Officers caught Garcia after a brief foot chase. The Colombian national told them he'd recently arri…

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UPDATE: NJ Girl Among Three Seriously Injured In Scooter Crash UPDATE: NJ Girl Among Three Seriously Injured In Scooter Crash
Update: NJ Girl Among Three Seriously Injured In Scooter Crash UPDATE: A 17-year-old River Edge girl and two Bronx teens were all seriously injured when their scooter barreled onto Route 4 and were struck by a passing vehicle, authorities said Sunday. The trio – including a 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy – were headed down Myrtle Avenue in Englewood late Saturday when the scooter hit a traffic island and careened onto the westbound highway, where they were struck by a vehicle, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. All three were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. The most seriously injured was the Bronx girl, who sustained…

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by Jerry DeMarco