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Feds: NYC Livery Driver, 36, Admits Taking Underage Jersey Shore Girl To Queens For Sex Feds: NYC Livery Driver, 36, Admits Taking Underage Jersey Shore Girl To Queens For Sex
Feds: NYC Livery Driver, 36, Admits Taking Underage Jersey Shore Girl To Queens For Sex A livery driver from Queens admitted driving more than 150 miles to Cape May County to have sex with an underage girl while collecting child porn images from another minor, federal authorities said. Richard Gabriel Piedra Ordonez, 36, of Queens, pretended to be 19 when he began communicating with the under-16 girl on Snapchat and other social media and messaging platforms, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Over the next several months, Piedra told a federal judge on Thursday, he drove to New Jersey for sex and twice took her back to his home for the same purpose. He also gave the victim …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Pastor Blackmailed Youths In 4 States, Demanded Nude Snapchat Photos NJ Pastor Blackmailed Youths In 4 States, Demanded Nude Snapchat Photos
NJ Pastor Blackmailed Youths In 4 States, Demanded Nude Snapchat Photos A 30-year-old pastor from Burlington County is accused of coaxing underage boys to send him nude photos and videos, authorities said. The Baptist youth pastor and music leader of a Hainesport church then used the material to blackmail his victims into performing sexual acts on themselves for his enjoyment, according to Burlington Count Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Sean Higgins, 30, of Temple Boulevard in Palmyra has been charged with a total of 28 crimes he committed while posing as a teenage girl, Coffina said.  Higgins is youth pastor at Harbor Baptist Church, and also serves as a teac…

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by Jon Craig
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Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park
Woman, 19, Three Juveniles Charged In Video Assault On Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park UPDATE: Fair Lawn police charged a 19-year-old former borough employee and three juveniles with last week's video-recorded assault on a 14-year-old special needs boy in a local park. Alis Fidrya was charged with invasion of privacy, cyber-harassment and harassment in connection with the incident at Berdan Grove Park in which a 13-year-old boy held the victim's shoulders while a 10-year-old boy pulled down his pants. While this was happening, Fidrya and a 16-year-old girl recording the incident and "posted it on Snapchat and TikTok for others to see," Sgt. Brian Metzler said Monday. Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Investigate TikTok Vid Of Students Assaulting Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park Police Investigate TikTok Vid Of Students Assaulting Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park
Police Investigate TikTok Vid Of Students Assaulting Boy With Autism In Fair Lawn Park UPDATE: Fair Lawn police charged a 19-year-old former borough employee and three juveniles with last week's video-recorded assault on a 14-year-old special needs boy in a local park. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/fairlawn/police-fire/woman-19-three-juveniles-charged-in-video-of-assault-on-boy-with-autism-in-fair-lawn-park/794202/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities confirmed Friday morning that they are investigating an incident in which two Fair Lawn students sexually assaulted another with special needs while other youths looked on. One boy is seen holding the 14-year-old victim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morristown-Beard Grad Captured Using Racial Slur In Snapchat Video Pulls Out Of Cornell Morristown-Beard Grad Captured Using Racial Slur In Snapchat Video Pulls Out Of Cornell
Morristown-Beard Grad Captured Using Racial Slur In Snapchat Video Pulls Out Of Cornell Morristown-Beard graduate Nathan Panza won't be attending Cornell after his spot on the football team was rescinded following the release of a video featuring him using a racial slur, reports say. The video of Panza using the racial slur was first recorded on Snapchat and posted to Twitter on June 21. David Archer, head coach of Cornell's football team, removed Panza from the team the following day. A petition calling for Panza’s expulsion was created June 23, which has garnered nearly 500 supporters. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management later said they were looking into P…

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by Valerie Musson
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Morristown Student Who Used Racial Slur In Snapchat Video Loses Spot On Cornell Football Team Morristown Student Who Used Racial Slur In Snapchat Video Loses Spot On Cornell Football Team
Morristown Student Who Used Racial Slur In Snapchat Video Loses Spot On Cornell Football Team A Morristown native bound for Cornell University lost his spot on the Ivy League university's football team after someone captured him using a racial slur in a Snapchat video, reports say. Nathan Panza, a graduate of Morristown-Beard High School and rising Cornell freshman, was heard using the N-word in a video recorded on Snapchat around 1 a.m. Sunday, June 21, Cornell Sun reports. Panza’s high school classmate and an incoming University of Richmond freshman Adam Giaquinto reportedly recorded the video. After Panza uses the slur, Giaquinto points the camera back toward him and mentions Ge…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
'Wanna Meet?' Feds Bust Ex-Jersey Shore High School Sportswriter In Underage Sex Luring Case 'Wanna Meet?' Feds Bust Ex-Jersey Shore High School Sportswriter In Underage Sex Luring Case
'Wanna Meet?' Feds Bust Ex-Jersey Shore High School Sportswriter In Underage Sex Luring Case A former part-time high school sportswriter from Ocean County was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and charged with convincing an underage girl to send him sexually explicit photos, authorities said. Kevin Van Pelt, 29, of Lakehurst, “engaged in sexually explicit conduct over an online messaging service,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Van Pelt originally was arrested last May following an investigation by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and Woolwich Township police, who said he used Snapchat and Instagram to ask seek a meeting for sex with a 14-year-old girl. Van Pelt, who wo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery
Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery Two Bergen County women used SnapChat to lure a Rochelle Park man to a darkened parking lot where three accomplices beat and robbed him of nearly $900 worth of drugs, an iPod and Airpods, authorities said Tuesday. Within days, Rochelle Park detectives nabbed five people who they said planned and executed the robbery: Jordan Dufont and Jose Perez, both 19 of Westwood; Kevin Henao, 23, of Moonachie; Zsaclene Ayala-Day, 19, of Ridgefield Park; Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township. Two of those arrested were captured by Mahwah police earlier this year. SEE: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Coward': Family Of Woman, 19, Killed In Car In Hackensack Speaks Out 'Coward': Family Of Woman, 19, Killed In Car In Hackensack Speaks Out
'Coward': Family Of Woman, 19, Killed In Car In Hackensack Speaks Out The family of a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman coming to terms with her sudden death was also trying to come up with money for her funeral. More than $1,200 had been raised as of Nov. 15 on a GoFundMe launched by relatives of Francis Veronica Garcia. "My sister's life was suddenly shortened by a coward leaving us with a deep sorrow," page founder Luis Banegas said, who put funds toward his sister's funeral. Michael Gaffney, 21, of Maywood, was arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter following an autopsy on Garcia, who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Student, 17, Who Made Saddle Brook School Threat Taken Into Custody Student, 17, Who Made Saddle Brook School Threat Taken Into Custody
Student, 17, Who Made Saddle Brook School Threat Taken Into Custody UPDATE: A 17-year-old Saddle Brook High/Middle School senior athlete who posted a threat on Snapchat was taken into custody by police and suspended from school, Mayor Robert White said Thursday. Police signed delinquency complaints against the boy -- whose identity wasn't disclosed because he's a minor -- charging him with making terroristic threats, cyber harassment and harassment. He also was dismissed from his volunteer as a junior firefighter with the township, authorities told Daily Voice. The action follows what the mayor called a "disturbing" Snapchat message that the boy posted on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Saddle Brook PD: 'No Credible Threat' From Student's Snapchat Post, Teen Taken Into Custody Saddle Brook PD: 'No Credible Threat' From Student's Snapchat Post, Teen Taken Into Custody
Saddle Brook PD: 'No Credible Threat' From Student's Snapchat Post, Teen Taken Into Custody UPDATE: A 17-year-old Saddle Brook High/Middle School senior athlete who posted a threat on Snapchat was taken into custody by police and suspended from school, Mayor Robert White said Thursday. Police signed delinquency complaints against the boy -- whose identity wasn't disclosed because he's a minor -- charging him with making terroristic threats, cyber harassment and harassment. He also was dismissed from his volunteer as a junior firefighter with the township, authorities told Daily Voice. The action follows what the mayor called a "disturbing" Snapchat message that the boy posted on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Moonachie Man Moonachie Man
Moonachie Man Police made a number of arrests at a Nutley house party Aug. 16 that was advertised on social media -- and drew a multitude of uninvited guests.  Officers investigating a noise complaint on Wayside Lane saw several dozen people fleeing as they arrived. Police later learned that the party had been announced on Snapchat and drew attendees from across North Jersey, many of whom were unknown to the resident, police said. A number of attendees were arrested or issued summonses following foot and vehicle chases, police also said.  They are:  Daniel Marte, 19, of Moonachie, who was…

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by Paul Milo