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WNY Man Sentenced For Making Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Prosecutors WNY Man Sentenced For Making Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Prosecutors
WNY Man Sentenced For Making Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Prosecutors A 32-year-old Hudson County man was sentenced to prison for making a teen boy sexually abused a child and record it, prosecutors said. Joseph Suarez, of West New York, was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week after he pleaded guilty to instructing a 13-year-old boy to sexually abuse a 4-year-old girl and send him recordings of it, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Suarez disseminated footage from the out-of-state boy over the social media platform Discord, Esther Suarez said.  He pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child/facilitating child sex abuse material…

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by Sam Barron
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NJ Politico Gets 24 Years, No Parole, For Hiring Hit Men Who Killed, Burned Longtime Associate NJ Politico Gets 24 Years, No Parole, For Hiring Hit Men Who Killed, Burned Longtime Associate
NJ Politico Gets 24 Years, No Parole, For Hiring Hit Men Who Killed, Burned Longtime Associate UPDATE: A New Jersey political consultant was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for hiring two hitmen to kill a longtime associate from Hudson County. Sean Caddle, 45, of Hamburg, will have to serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Caddle, a former aide to former State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth), admitted last year that he paid the killers to whack Michael Galdieri, the son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City) and a prominent figure in local Hudson County politics. Galdieri, 52, who'd worked for…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hotel Homicide: Bergen County Man Gets 25 Years Behind Bars Hotel Homicide: Bergen County Man Gets 25 Years Behind Bars
Hotel Homicide: Bergen County Man Gets 25 Years Behind Bars A 32-year-old Bergenfield man was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for stabbing a man at a hotel in Elizabeth in 2022. The sentence for aggravated manslaughter was handed down to Javan Johnson on Thursday, May 25 by Judge Thomas Isenhour, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. In March 2022, Elizabeth Police responded to the Country Inn and Suites and found Marlon Pantin critically injured from being stabbed, Daniel said. The man was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Daniel said. 

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by Sam Barron
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UPDATE: Admitted Hit Man From Philly Gets 20 Years In Bizarre Murder-For-Hire Of NJ Politico UPDATE: Admitted Hit Man From Philly Gets 20 Years In Bizarre Murder-For-Hire Of NJ Politico
Update: Admitted Hit Man From Philly Gets 20 Years In Bizarre Murder-For-Hire Of NJ Politico A currently incarcerated career criminal from Philadelphia was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for the contract killing of a veteran campaign consultant in New Jersey. Bomani Africa, 62, previously admitted accepting payment from former political operative Sean Caddle to whack former associate Michael Galdieri. Galdieri, the 52-year-old son of former State Sen. James Galdieri (D-Jersey City), was stabbed to death in his Jersey City apartment, which was then set on fire, in May 2014. The killing had publicly remained a cold case until January 2022, when Caddle pleaded guilty in U.S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RELEASED: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings RELEASED: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings
Released: NJ Rapper, Associate Plead Guilty In Passaic Shooting, Freed Pending Sentencings A former Jersey City rapper who beat a murder rap in 2014 walked out of jail after cutting a deal with prosecutors for his role in a shooting in Passaic two years ago. He could be headed back to the joint for another 18 months, however. Video captured a celebratory welcoming committee greeting Albert Robinson outside the Passaic County Jail in Paterson after he and co-defendant Darnell Reeves were released. Robinson  – known as “Albee Al The Gladiator” – and Reeves had been held since September 2019 following their arrests on attempted murder charges, among other offenses, in a non-fatal …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Transit Driver Could Be Deported For Death Of Passenger Returning Pocketbook: Authorities NJ Transit Driver Could Be Deported For Death Of Passenger Returning Pocketbook: Authorities
NJ Transit Driver Could Be Deported For Death Of Passenger Returning Pocketbook: Authorities An NJ Transit bus driver from Bloomfield was sentenced to New Jersey State Prison for dragging a passenger returning a woman's pocketbook in Newark, authorities announced. Superior Court Judge Ronald D. Wigler sentenced 36-year-old Fayola Howard to five years in State Prison for the death of 55-year-old Kevin Thomas, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Howard was arrested while trying to board a plane at Newark Airport on Feb. 18, 2020. A native of Trinidad, she is expected to face deportation proceedings following completion of her sentence. Under the No Early Release Act,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities
UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to time behind bars in part for using his job as a UPS driver to stalk his victims in a disturbing way, authorities said. Thomas F. Wainman Jr., of Lititz, was found guilty by a jury of stalking his neighbors in multiple incidents spanning from May to December 2020, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Wainman shined spotlights into the victim’s home, peered through their windows, watched them while they were out at their pool, and followed the victims after seeing them at a gas station, the DA's Office …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Union County Con Who Had Jersey City Murder Conviction Overturned Pleads Guilty To Lesser Count Union County Con Who Had Jersey City Murder Conviction Overturned Pleads Guilty To Lesser Count
Union County Con Who Had Jersey City Murder Conviction Overturned Pleads Guilty To Lesser Count A convict from Union County who's spent the past 13 years behind bars will be eligible for release in four years after pleading guilty to a lesser charge for killing a Jersey City man. Zia Berisha, 46, of Linden, had his murder conviction for the Nov. 6, 2007 shooting and beating death of Michael Marro Jr. of Jersey City in a downtown high-rise killing overturned in 2019 by a state appeals court that sent the case back to Hudson County for a do-over. Jurors found in 2010 that Berisha killed Marro, 39, during a robbery at his Portside Tower home that involved high-grade marijuana. In addit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Police Officers Loses Latest Appeal Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Police Officers Loses Latest Appeal
Atlantic County Man Convicted Of Shooting 2 Police Officers Loses Latest Appeal A man sentenced to 85 years in prison for shooting two police officers in 2006 has lost his latest appeal. Christopher Blank, 42, has been appealing his case in State and Federal courts ever since 2008, when he was convicted of shooting Egg Harbor Township officers in a motor vehicle stop. In his latest appeal, Blank claimed that the trial judge -- Superior Court Judge Michael Donio -- denied him a fair trial by refusing the jury’s request, during deliberations, to remove a safety device attached to the gun used in the shooting, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The U.S. 3rd …

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by Cecilia Levine
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New Fraud Cases Name Relatives Of Imprisoned Bergen Father/Son Scammers New Fraud Cases Name Relatives Of Imprisoned Bergen Father/Son Scammers
New Fraud Cases Name Relatives Of Imprisoned Bergen Father/Son Scammers It seemed that state and federal prosecutors had thrown all they could at Bergen County’s George Bussanich and his son for a series of multi-million-dollar investment scams the past several years. But state authorities announced a new case Friday that also includes Bussanich's daughter and son-in-law as co-defendants. George Bussanich Sr., 62, of Park Ridge is already serving a 27-month federal prison stretch in Allenwood, PA for defrauding mortgage lenders and is due for release in 10 months. His son, George Bussanich Jr., 41, of Saddle River is up for parole this November from an eight-y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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2nd Man Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Sleeping Woman On Blueberry Farm 2nd Man Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Sleeping Woman On Blueberry Farm
2nd Man Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Sleeping Woman On Blueberry Farm A second man convicted of killing a sleeping woman during a home invasion at a South Jersey blueberry farm has been sentenced to prison, authorities announced. Tyler Dralle, 23, of Vineland, was given an aggregate sentence of 40 years in prison subject to the No Early Release Act on Dec. 18, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Winslow Township Police Chief George Smith.  Kwamere Benjamin, 20, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced to 38 years in prison two weeks ago. Dralle and Benjamin entered a home on the 700 block of Bairdmore Avenue in Winslow Township around 3…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Who Had Sex With Inmates Gets 3 Years In Prison, No Pension Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Who Had Sex With Inmates Gets 3 Years In Prison, No Pension
Corrections Officer From Lyndhurst Who Had Sex With Inmates Gets 3 Years In Prison, No Pension A now-former New Jersey corrections officer from Lyndhurst was sent to prison for three years and forced to forfeit his pension for having sex with two inmates at the state’s women's prison. Joel Mercado, 38, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of official misconduct for having sex with the inmates at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility For Woman in Burlington County’s Union Township. Mercado had been with the department for 10 years and was working as a senior officer when he was busted in May 2017, authorities said. In addition to the prison term and pension surrender, a state judge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Husband, Wife From E. Orange Sentenced In Large Bank Fraud Husband, Wife From E. Orange Sentenced In Large Bank Fraud
Husband, Wife From E. Orange Sentenced In Large Bank Fraud A married couple from East Orange have both been sentenced for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from customers of the bank where the wife worked, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced.  Seconey Brown, 26,  and Antoinette Mitchell-Brown, 42, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Brown has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and Micthell-Brown received a sentence of 366 days, the U.S. Attorney said Wednesday.  For a few months beginning in September 2016, Mitchell-Brown stole account information from clients of the bank where…

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by Paul Milo