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Bergen Janitor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen Dies By Suicide In Jail Hanging Bergen Janitor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen Dies By Suicide In Jail Hanging
Bergen Janitor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen Dies By Suicide In Jail Hanging UPDATE: A Ridgefield Park man arrested on child sex assault charges hanged himself in his Bergen County Jail cell, Sheriff Anthony Cureton confirmed Thursday. Jose P. Manzano, a 39-year-old janitor, was found alongside his bed by officers conducting regular checks of the jail’s secure housing unit on Wednesday, Cureton said. He had one end of a bedsheet tied around his neck and the other to his bed, the sheriff said. “He appeared to have lowered himself, causing asphyxiation,” Cureton said. Medical staff rendered aid before Manzano was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where …

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Arrest Quickly Made After Woman, 52, Is Kidnapped, Robbed At Knifepoint On NJ Street Arrest Quickly Made After Woman, 52, Is Kidnapped, Robbed At Knifepoint On NJ Street
Arrest Quickly Made After Woman, 52, Is Kidnapped, Robbed At Knifepoint On NJ Street A 20-year-old Guatemalan national was charged with kidnapping and robbery, among other offenses, after authorities said he abducted an older woman at knifepoint on the street and tried to drag her to his Hackensack home. ICE issued a detainer on Esen Sarabe, who remained held in the Bergen County Jail. Sarabe fled with the 52-year-old victim's phone and bag after a good Samaritan came running during the attack at Passaic and 1st streets around 3 p.m. Monday, city police Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Police captured him a short time later and recovered the victim's valuables an…

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Protestor Taken Into Custody In Brief Clash Outside Bergen County Jail Protestor Taken Into Custody In Brief Clash Outside Bergen County Jail
Protestor Taken Into Custody In Brief Clash Outside Bergen County Jail Bergen County sheriff's officers took a protestor from Teaneck into custody during a brief flareup outside the county jail on Friday. A video posted on Instagram begins with Niko Sanabria-John, 25, straddling a barricade shortly after 3 p.m. An officer and then another grab his arm and try to pull Sanabria-John onto their side as a group grabs their fellow protestor and pull him back. A struggle ensues, the Instagram video shows. "He was told to come down off the barricade," Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. "He refused after numerous instructions." ****** ALSO SEE: Surveillance video show…

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Vandals Paint Graffiti At Home Of Bergen Sheriff Amid ICE Protests Vandals Paint Graffiti At Home Of Bergen Sheriff Amid ICE Protests
Vandals Paint Graffiti At Home Of Bergen Sheriff Amid ICE Protests Support for a group of ICE detainees participating in a hunger strike at the Bergen County Jail got personal when someone spray-painted graffiti at Sheriff Anthony Cureton’s home. “FREE THEM ALL.” was written in block letters below which spatters of red paint ran down a garage door, on an outdoor trash can and along part of the driveway of the sheriff's home in Englewood. The vandals struck sometime after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, while seeking the public's help finding those responsible. The attack follows protests the past week at the county jail run by …

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