SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids
Sleazebag: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids It’s about as low as someone who works in child welfare services can go. A now-former case worker with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families admitted groping women he was investigating, sending unwanted masturbation pics and threatening to have children taken from those who didn’t go out with him, authorities said on Friday. Gilberto Ortiz Jr., a 53-year-old bilingual family services specialist, told a mom he was investigating that he’d “help her” if she had a relationship with him, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Ortiz warned the woman during a home visi…
NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds
NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds A former Morris County Army major and his wife are set to be sentenced for the fourth time after being convicted of multiple accounts of endangering the welfare of five children they adopted. The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit ordered the resentencing on Monday, April 3, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey.  John Jackson — formerly a major in the Army at the Picatinny Arsenal Installation in Morris County — and Carolyn Jackson were initially convicted in 2015. Carolyn was sentenced to 24 months in prison, while John received probation, acco…
Unsupervised Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan In Elmwood Park, Child Welfare Authorities Notified Unsupervised Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan In Elmwood Park, Child Welfare Authorities Notified
Unsupervised Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan In Elmwood Park, Child Welfare Authorities Notified A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized with a broken leg -- and child welfare authorities were notified -- after he dashed into an Elmwood Park street and was struck by a sedan Monday night, authorities said. Police notified the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency following the 6:45 p.m. accident, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Paterson youngster was unsupervised by an adult when he ran out from between two parked cars on Mola Boulevard near Elmwood Terrace and was struck by a 2006 Nissan Altima, Foligno explained. The boy was taken to St. Joseph's Region…
NJ Man Sentenced For Forcing 9-Year-Old Girl To Watch Child Porn While Sexually Assaulting Her NJ Man Sentenced For Forcing 9-Year-Old Girl To Watch Child Porn While Sexually Assaulting Her
NJ Man Sentenced For Forcing 9-Year-Old Girl To Watch Child Porn While Sexually Assaulting Her A 60-year-old man was sentenced to 35 years in New Jersey State Prison for the sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl, authorities announced. Jose Santana, 60, of Belleville, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin. He must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he will be eligible for parole. Santana was convicted by an Essex County jury of three counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of endangering the welfare of a child on Nov. 15, 2019. The assaults occurred on multiple occasions while…
'No One Listened': Mom Says She Tried To Protect Son Before NJ Dad's Abuse Killed Him 'No One Listened': Mom Says She Tried To Protect Son Before NJ Dad's Abuse Killed Him
'No One Listened': Mom Says She Tried To Protect Son Before NJ Dad's Abuse Killed Him A 29-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection to his son's suspicious death, authorities said. Christopher Gregor of Barnegat reportedly surrendered to Barnegat police Friday, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The boy, identified by his mom, Breanna Micciolo, as Englishtown's Corey, Micciolo, was only 6 years old. Micciolo has launched a Change.org petition, where she said she had been pleading with child protective services to help get him away from his abuser -- his father. "No one listened or hel…
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Accused Of Multiple Sex Crimes Involving Girl In His Custodial Care A 37-year-old Jersey City man is facing charges involving multiple sexual crimes against a girl in his custodial care who was between 11 and 15 years old at the times of the alleged incidents, authorities said. Deivis Feliz Rivera was arrested Saturday, April 10 around 1:05 p.m. by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Members of the SVU were notified by the Jersey City Police Department of the crimes on April 9, Suarez said. Rivera was arrested in Paterson without incident following an investigation by the Hudson County …
UPDATE: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified UPDATE: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified
Update: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified UPDATE: A North Arlington couple from India were both found dead in what was believed to be a murder-suicide after a neighbor heard their 3½-year-old daughter crying, the husband’s father said. "My daughter-in-law was seven months pregnant," Bharat Rudrawar told the news agency Press Trust of India in Mumbai. "We had been to their house and were planning another trip to the US to be with them again.” Balaji Bharat Rudrawar, 32, and Arati Balaji Rudrawar, 30, were going to have a boy, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. She was in the third trimester, they said. …
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Sexually Assaults 15-Year-Old Boy In His Custodial Care Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Sexually Assaults 15-Year-Old Boy In His Custodial Care
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Sexually Assaults 15-Year-Old Boy In His Custodial Care A Jersey City man was charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy earlier this month, authorities said. Francisco Espinal, 53,  was in the custodial care of the boy when the alleged assault occurred, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Espinal was charged with aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated criminal sexual contact and hindering apprehension, Suarez said. He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at approximately 2:30 p.m. A detention hearing for Espinal is t…
Substitute Teacher, 41, Had Sex With Teenage Student, Burlington Prosecutor Says Substitute Teacher, 41, Had Sex With Teenage Student, Burlington Prosecutor Says
Substitute Teacher, 41, Had Sex With Teenage Student, Burlington Prosecutor Says A 41-year-old substitute teacher from Burlington County has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a teenage student, authorities said. Kameelah Kareem of Willingboro was charged with second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday, according to  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon. She was released on Thursday after a hearing in Superior Court, Kareem was substitute teaching at Willingboro Township Public Schools at the time of the sexual assaults, they…
Girl, 13, Sexually Assaulted By West New York Family Friend, Prosecutor Says Girl, 13, Sexually Assaulted By West New York Family Friend, Prosecutor Says
Girl, 13, Sexually Assaulted By West New York Family Friend, Prosecutor Says A 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man more than three times her age in a West New York home, authorities said Tuesday. Police were notified of a girl being sexually attacked earlier this month by a family friend, later identified as 38-year-old Jose Del Pilar, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Del Pilar was arrested later that day, Jan. 20, just after 5 p.m. at the West New York Police Station on 60th Street, Suarez said. He was charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact.
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl A fugitive wanted in a 2018 Union County sexual assault of a child was found in Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday. Jose A. Donis, 53, was taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Tuesday evening in the Whispering Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess said. Donis had been renting a room in the Plainfield building in which the victim lived when he sexually assaulted her from early June 2018 to late September of 2018, Ruotolo and Burgess said last month. A warrant was issue…
Authorities: North Jersey Hypnotist Subjected Clients To Prostate Exams Authorities: North Jersey Hypnotist Subjected Clients To Prostate Exams
Authorities: North Jersey Hypnotist Subjected Clients To Prostate Exams A North Jersey hypnotist was arrested after authorities said he subjected clients to a prostate exam during appointments. Robert Bruckner, who owns and operates Major Mindset Hypnosis Counseling in Fairfield, was charged Wednesday with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of child and practicing medicine without a license, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. An investigation into Buckner, 55, of Randolph, was launched after clients told police they'd visited him for hypnotherapy services, but during the session, "he had subjected them to what was…