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Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government
Teen Sex-Trafficking Couple Caught In Fort Lee Accept Plea Deals From Government A Bronx couple caught at a Fort Lee hotel while trafficking an underage girl for sex took guilty pleas in federal court on Thursday. Richard “Ace” Ortiz, 23, and Gabriella Colon, 19, would have both faced life imprisonment if convicted at trial following Thursday’s please in U.S. District Court in Trenton, authorities said. Their prison sentences nonetheless will be significant -- and must be served entirely (There's no parole in the federal prison system). Ortiz and Colon forced the 17-year-old Lancaster, PA girl to have sex with several men at an East Brunswick hotel throughout the month…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rabbi Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Prostitute Nabbed In Fort Lee Rabbi Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Prostitute Nabbed In Fort Lee
Rabbi Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Prostitute Nabbed In Fort Lee A rabbi accused of having sex with a teenager forced into prostitution was arrested in Fort Lee on Friday, authorities said. Aryeh Goodman, 35 of East Brunswick, was among 30 men that paid a couple from the Bronx to have sex with the 17-year-old between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief James Conroy of the East Brunswick Police Department announced. Goodman was formerly the rabbi of the Rutgers University Chabad, according to social media pages. The couple -- Gabriella Colon, 18, and Richard Ortiz, 23 -- were charged with 11 criminal counts of human t…

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by Cecilia Levine