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$31,680 In Suspected Drug Money Seized In Targeted Fort Lee Traffic Stop $31,680 In Suspected Drug Money Seized In Targeted Fort Lee Traffic Stop
$31,680 In Suspected Drug Money Seized In Targeted Fort Lee Traffic Stop Detectives seized $31,680 in suspected drug money during a targeted traffic stop of an unemployed Fort Lee man, authorities said. Members of Musella’s Narcotic Task Force and Fort Lee police stopped Alexander Mercado, 40, of First Street off Irving Avenue on Dec. 19 as part of an ongoing investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Mercado was charged with money laundering and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Musella’s people held onto the cash pending a forfeiture hearing, also in Superior Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Woman, 73, Who Gave Infant Fatal Magnesium Dose Has Treated People For Years: Authorities NJ Woman, 73, Who Gave Infant Fatal Magnesium Dose Has Treated People For Years: Authorities
NJ Woman, 73, Who Gave Infant Fatal Magnesium Dose Has Treated People For Years: Authorities A 73-year-old Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park who was charged with the death of an 11-month-old baby had allegedly been treating people in the area for years -- including the dead infant's older brother. Elida Medina-Ramos was charged earlier this week with aggravated manslaughter and illegally practicing medicine for giving baby Genesis a fatal dose of magnesium, olive oil and water to treat constipation, court documents show. Enma Medina, 38, who lives across town, took the infant to Medina-Ramos's home last Dec. 7 because the infant was sick, according to an affidavit o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Man Jailed On Child Porn Charges Hackensack Man Jailed On Child Porn Charges
Hackensack Man Jailed On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: A Bergen County-based insurance underwriter for entertainers, athletes and corporate executives was released pending court action on child porn charges, records show. Matthew Heitman, 33, was arrested Thursday during a raid of his Hackensack home, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The former Upper Saddle River resident "used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1,000 digital files and distributed multiple digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," the prosecutor said. Heitman was discovered during a "months-long Internet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen County Employee Charged In Pre-Teen Sex Assaults, Authorities Say More Victims Possible Bergen County Employee Charged In Pre-Teen Sex Assaults, Authorities Say More Victims Possible
Bergen County Employee Charged In Pre-Teen Sex Assaults, Authorities Say More Victims Possible An assistant Bergen County voting machine custodian from Wallington was charged with sexually assaulting two pre-teens, said authorities who fear that there may be others. Daryl Mahoney, 51, remained in Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus on Monday following an unsuccessful suicide attempt at the county jail, Daily Voice has learned. Mahoney assaulted one of the female victims several times, both in Bergen County and in New York State, county Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. It was during an investigation involving that victim that investigators from his Special Victims Unit iden…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee Company President Stole $75G From Business Partner, Prosecutor Says Fort Lee Company President Stole $75G From Business Partner, Prosecutor Says
Fort Lee Company President Stole $75G From Business Partner, Prosecutor Says A 60-year-old Fort Lee man is accused of stealing more than $75,000 from his company and business partner, authorities announced Thursday. Authorities last December got a tip that Kevin K. Shon was suspected of stealing from his business partner and Bergen County-based company, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Shon's LinkedIn profile shows he's the president of  Electro-Mec Products, a national electric and automation equipment distributor. An investigation found the Shon withdrew money from the company's bank account for his own use, Musella said. Shon also wrote checks to himself …

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by Cecilia Levine