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Corrections Officer Charged With Sex Assault On Child Under 13: Prosecutor Corrections Officer Charged With Sex Assault On Child Under 13: Prosecutor
Corrections Officer Charged With Sex Assault On Child Under 13: Prosecutor A New Jersey corrections officer has been indicted on sexual assault charges involving a child under 13, authorities said. Jonathan Perez, 33, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, one count of sexual assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland. He was indicted by a county grand jury on Tuesday, April 25. New Jersey State Police in Woodbine and the county prosecutor's office investigated a report that Perez, a corrections officer at Cape May Correctional Facility, had been sexua…

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by Jon Craig
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Newly Transplanted NJ Boy, 14, Shot, Killed In Harlem, NYPD Says Newly Transplanted NJ Boy, 14, Shot, Killed In Harlem, NYPD Says
Newly Transplanted NJ Boy, 14, Shot, Killed In Harlem, Nypd Says A 14-year-old boy who'd just moved to New Jersey with his family was identified by authorities as the victim shot and killed on a Harlem street. Justin Streeter of Plainfield had just stopped at an East 128th Street deli with a friend and was riding a push scooter when gunfire erupts around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the NYPD said. "As they're walking towards the corner of Park Avenue a male emerges on the corner and fires a volley of gunshots at the two young men," said Jeffrey G. Maddrey, the department's chief of patrol. It was unclear why, the chief said. The boys ran between two vehicles, b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Highway Near GWB Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Highway Near GWB Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV
Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Highway Near GWB Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV An Englewood motorist narrowly escaped serious injury — or worse — when he was dragged nearly 20 feet onto Route 4 by a pair of carjackers who sped off in his Range Rover, authorities said. The 34-year-old victim had gotten out and gone to the attendant to get change for the electric tire inflator when the incident occurred at the BP station on westbound Route 4 near the George Washington Bridge shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. As he did, a dark-colored Audi sedan with four occupants pulled in front of the Range Rover, Pulice said. Two go…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYPD Getting Help Fighting Rising Gun Violence From NY State Troopers, Governor Promises NYPD Getting Help Fighting Rising Gun Violence From NY State Troopers, Governor Promises
Nypd Getting Help Fighting Rising Gun Violence From NY State Troopers, Governor Promises New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she's sending state troopers into New York City to fight the spike in gun violence that city police say has been fueled by bail reform. ****** NEWSBREAK: A 22-year-old rookie New York City police officer was killed and another officer critically wounded Friday night during what has become one of the most violent periods in the city's recent history. READ MORE.... ****** Mayor Eric Adams begged the governor for help after surveillance video was shared of an 11-month-old who was hospitalized after being shot in the face during a gun battle in the Bronx. Cri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized
One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized Police nabbed one suspect and were tracking down another after they broke into a Bergen County home owned by one of New York City rapper Fat Joe's business partners. Efrain Uran Garcia, 43, and his partner bolted out a back door of the North Woodland Street residence in Englewood shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when they realized someone was home, police said. The resident was unharmed, they said. The pair ditched a late-model SUV in a Booth Street resident's driveway and ran, neighbors said. Officers caught Garcia after a brief foot chase. The Colombian national told them he'd recently arri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Decade Later, Murder Of Beloved NJ Father, Diner Owner Remains Unsolved; $50K Reward For Arrest Decade Later, Murder Of Beloved NJ Father, Diner Owner Remains Unsolved; $50K Reward For Arrest
Decade Later, Murder Of Beloved NJ Father, Diner Owner Remains Unsolved; $50K Reward For Arrest Ten years after a beloved New Jersey father and diner owner was found stabbed to death inside his establishment, authorities say they continue to search for leads in hopes of making an arrest. Chafic "Steve" Ezzeddine was found dead inside the Kenvil Diner on Route 46 in Roxbury Township Saturday, May 28, 2011. The diner had closed for the day around 2 p.m., and Ezzeddine was last seen alive when he was taking trash to the dumpster between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., authorities said. Meanwhile, witnesses heard Ezzeddine’s car alarm go off between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., and his wife found his bod…

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by Valerie Musson
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Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn
Zoom Trolls Disrupt Asian-American NJ Church Service With Ethnic Slurs, Porn Trolls hijacked the virtual service of a predominately Asian-American church in Bergen County, uttering ethnic slurs and posting pornographic images, authorities said. More than 150 congregants and others with the Englewood church were subject to the bias attack on Zoom, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Saturday. Although invasions of video conferences were once dismissed as trolling, that changed once the spread of COVID-19 made Zoom the app of choice for many forced to communicate remotely. The FBI considers the systemic “weaponization” of Zoom as hate speech and harassment. In o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service
Police: ‘Zoombombers’ Invade Asian-American Virtual Church Service Several people hijacked a virtual service of a predominately Asian-American church in Englewood, uttering ethnic slurs and posting pornographic images, authorities said. More than 150 congregants and others with the Bergen County church were subject to the bias attack on Zoom, Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Saturday. Although invasions of video conferences were once dismissed as trolling, that changed once the spread of COVID-19 made Zoom the app of choice for many forced to communicate remotely. The FBI considers the systemic “weaponization” of Zoom as hate speech and harassme…

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by Jerry DeMarco