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Prosecutor: Caller To Paramus Catholic HS Threatened 'Gun Violence And Bomb Threats' Prosecutor: Caller To Paramus Catholic HS Threatened 'Gun Violence And Bomb Threats'
Prosecutor: Caller To Paramus Catholic HS Threatened 'Gun Violence And Bomb Threats' Two calls to Paramus Catholic High School “threatening gun violence and bomb threats” were made by a Georgia man, said authorities who arrested him. Marquise Jaquavis Smith, 18, Of Winterville, GA surrendered last week to face charges of making terroristic threats and causing a false public alarm, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Tuesday. Smith made the threats on May 10 "using technology to disguise his calling line identity," Calo said. "First responders cleared the school building and determined that the calls were bogus," the prosecutor said. No mot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home
Prosecutor: NYC Man Downloaded Child Porn At North Arlington Home You don’t have to use your home computer to get busted for downloading kiddie porn, said authorities who arrested a Queens man for doing so while at a North Arlington home. George L. Cordova, 33, who’s single and unemployed, was charged with having more than 100 files “depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Working with the NYPD, members of Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit zeroed in on Cordova, who, the prosecutor said, “used the Internet while at a residence in North Arlington to view and possess” the files. Cord…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Accused Bank Robber Threatened To Blow Up Bergen Courthouse Authorities: Accused Bank Robber Threatened To Blow Up Bergen Courthouse
Authorities: Accused Bank Robber Threatened To Blow Up Bergen Courthouse A man once accused of participating in a Jersey Shore bank robbery called in a bomb threat earlier this year to the Bergen County courthouse, said authorities who arrested him. A judge ordered that 25-year-old Christopher Camargo remain held in the Bergen County Jail pending further court action on charges of making terroristic threats against critical infrastructure and causing false public alarm, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Camargo, “using technology to anonymize his calling line identity, contacted the Hackensack Police Department and made a bomb threat against the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack IT Worker Trafficked Kiddie Porn, Authorities Charge Hackensack IT Worker Trafficked Kiddie Porn, Authorities Charge
Hackensack IT Worker Trafficked Kiddie Porn, Authorities Charge An IT worker from Hackensack was caught trafficking hundreds of files of kiddie porn, said authorities who arrested him Friday. Yenhung Lee, 34, was sent to the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing on charges of possessing child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Lee was taken into custody after members of Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit executed a court-authorized search warrant at his Clinton Place apartment, the prosecutor said. Calo thanked members of the Hackensack and Glen Rock police departments, as well as the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, for thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ho-Ho-Kus Landscaper Charged With Sex With Minor In NYC Ho-Ho-Kus Landscaper Charged With Sex With Minor In NYC
Ho-Ho-Kus Landscaper Charged With Sex With Minor In NYC HO-HO-KUS, N.J. -- A landscaper from Ho-Ho-Kus had sex with a minor in New York City, said Bergen County authorities who were holding him for city authorities following his arrest Wednesday. Jason Keizer, 32, “ used the Internet to view and possess sexually explicit digital files depicting nude pubescent children and engaged in sexual activity with [the] underage victim,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Keizer, of Ardmore Road, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition proceedings, Calo said. Bergen authorities charged him with possession of child pornog…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Ex-Westwood Taxi Driver Charged With Child Porn Prosecutor: Ex-Westwood Taxi Driver Charged With Child Porn
Prosecutor: Ex-Westwood Taxi Driver Charged With Child Porn An investigation launched by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office led to the arrest of a 58-year-old man formerly of Westwood on charges of possession and attempted distribution of child pornography, authorities said. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced the arrest of Brian J. Gallager, a taxi driver from Lopatcong, who is facing charges of child endangerment and child porn following the investigation which was led by Chief Robert Anzilotti. On Feb. 15, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant Gallagher's home during the …

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by Cecilia Levine