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Prosecutor: Next-Door Neighbor Of Accused Tenafly Teacher Also Had Kid Porn Prosecutor: Next-Door Neighbor Of Accused Tenafly Teacher Also Had Kid Porn
Prosecutor: Next-Door Neighbor Of Accused Tenafly Teacher Also Had Kid Porn The Garfield neighbor of a Tenafly fifth grade teacher who was charged with possession of child porn had similar images of his own -- 30,525 of them, authorities said. Leonardo L. Perez, 18, was arrested on Thursday, the same day as teacher Pasquale Bernaldo-Antonelli, and joined his Ray Street neighbor in the Bergen County Jail, authorities said. Perez was arrested by Cyber Crimes Unit detectives who conducted a warranted search at his house and found that he “used the Internet to view, download, or possess approximately 30,525 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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North Bergen Offender Who Sexually Assaulted NYC Child Does It Again In Bergen, Authorities Say North Bergen Offender Who Sexually Assaulted NYC Child Does It Again In Bergen, Authorities Say
North Bergen Offender Who Sexually Assaulted NYC Child Does It Again In Bergen, Authorities Say Having just completed 10 years of probation, a registered sex offender living in North Bergen who lost his job teaching music for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in Queens did it again – this time with a 13-year-old in Bergen County, authorities said. Amos Duque, 35, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with several counts of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. Duque spent several months in jail after pleading guilty in April 2009 to offering a child money to take pictures and a video of his genitals with his cellphone and to touch him i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Delaware Man, 23, Had Sex Chats, Planned Meeting With 12-Year-Old New Milford Girl Prosecutor: Delaware Man, 23, Had Sex Chats, Planned Meeting With 12-Year-Old New Milford Girl
Prosecutor: Delaware Man, 23, Had Sex Chats, Planned Meeting With 12-Year-Old New Milford Girl A Delaware man who’d been having sexually explicit online chats with a 12-year-old New Milford girl arranged a meeting with her, said authorities who arrested him before that could happen. A family member interrupted the planned liaison and alerted authorities who arrested Nicholas G. Clark, a 23-year-old package handler from Newark, DE, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Tuesday. The chats had gone on for nearly two months before Clark planned what was to be an April 5 meeting, Calo said. Thanks to the relative, a detective from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit took contro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Recognize HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Update: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites
Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites A self-employed insurance adjuster from Lodi impersonated an 18-year-old woman on dating sites for several months -- and even tried making a date, authorities charged Friday. Matthew J. Bolger Jr., 46, created two “fictitious social media accounts on dating and romance websites/applications in the likeness” of the victim for “a period spanning several months,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Bolger’s Long Valley Road residence and took him into custody on Friday. They charged him with stalking, impersonation and cyber-harass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old
Bergen Prosecutor: Teen Caught With 1,400 Child Porn Images, Some Young As 3 Years Old A 17-year-old Bergen County boy was caught with 1,400 child pornography images featuring kids as young as 3, authorities said. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives executed a search warrant Friday at the teen’s house in connection with an Internet child pornography investigation, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The boy “used two different electronic devices to view and possess approximately 1,400 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children as young as approximately three-years-old,” the prosecutor said. Detectives took the boy into pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Want To Protect Your Kids From Online Dangers? Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Show You How Want To Protect Your Kids From Online Dangers? Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Show You How
Want To Protect Your Kids From Online Dangers? Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Show You How Do you know what your kids are up to online? Are you worried about Internet predators? How about cyberbullying? Parents who are concerned about dangers that lurk online can attend an in-depth Internet safety presentation by the Bergen County prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit at Pascack Valley High School on March 20. “Staying Safe in Cyberspace – Internet Safety for Parents” is a comprehensive examination of today’s Internet and the dangers that lurk inside chat rooms, instant messages, e-mail and blogs,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. “This is for parents only – no ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest UPDATE: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest
Update: Former Mahwah EMT Captain Who Operates Day Care Center Freed After Child Porn Arrest UPDATE: A former EMT captain and Mahwah councilman who co-owns and operates a children's day care center with his mother has a March 13 first appearance date in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest on charges of possessing child pornography, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. "A months-long investigation revealed that Jandris used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude and sexually explicit prepubescent children," Calo said. The investigation began last September, the prosecutor said, after members of his Cybe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless
Hillsdale Schools Chief: Perceived Threat To Middle School Deemed Harmless What a Hillsdale middle schooler considered a threat was deemed "non-specific and not credible" by borough police and county prosecutor's detectives, authorities said Monday. The seeds of the incident were sown last week when someone began sharing an inappropriate photo of a girl that made its way to some students, parents said. “The girl has ties to someone in Hillsdale, so some of the kids know her,” one said. District officials asked parents following the incident to talk with their children about blocking and preventing “the transmission of inappropriate pictures,” Schools Supt. R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Hackensack Sales Clerk Charged With Possession Of Child Porn South Hackensack Sales Clerk Charged With Possession Of Child Porn
South Hackensack Sales Clerk Charged With Possession Of Child Porn A 34-year-old sales clerk from South Hackensack was arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Shane W. O'Connor viewed online files of nude or sexually explicit pubescent and prepubescent children, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Last Friday, members of Calo's Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at O'Connor's home following a months-long investigation, Calo said. He was processed on third-degree child endangerment charges and released pending an Oct. 17 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said.

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by Cecilia Levine