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UPDATE: Second Man Charged In Rape, Sodomy Of Bergen Woman UPDATE: Second Man Charged In Rape, Sodomy Of Bergen Woman
Update: Second Man Charged In Rape, Sodomy Of Bergen Woman A second man has been charged with raping and sodomizing a woman with an accomplice in Elmwood Park more than 17 months ago. The victim had told authorities that she was raped by two men who also penetrated her orally and anally while holding her down on a bed in her apartment on July 7, 2022, according to a criminal complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. She sustained a wrist injury, buttocks bruising and vaginal and anal pain, it says. The woman identified one of her alleged assailants as “Dre” or “Tone”and the other as “Los,” the complaint says. Detectives from the Bergen Cou…

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Married, Unemployed Englewood Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Married, Unemployed Englewood Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Married, Unemployed Englewood Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A married and unemployed man living in Englewood sexually assaulted a pre-teen, authorities charged. Juan Carlos Ortiz-Avendano, 43, was arrested following a joint investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Englewood police. Investigators charged Ortiz-Avendano with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13, sexual assault of the same victim and child endangerment through “sexual conduct.” He remained held in the Bergen County Jail. Federal authorities have placed a detainer on Ortiz-Avendano, who is listed in Bergen County Jail records as…

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Clifton Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Englewood Teen Clifton Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Englewood Teen
Clifton Carpenter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Englewood Teen A 49-year-old carpenter from Clifton sexually assaulted an underage teen in Englewood, authorities charged. Esmond A. Nimblett became the subject of an investigation by the Bergen County prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Englewood police, who received the original complaint, Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, Aug. 4. Investigators found that Nimblett sexually assaulted the youngster, who was between 13 and 16 years old at the time, the prosecutor said. Nimblett, a U.S. citizen born and raised in the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was seized in Clifton on Thurs…

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Colombian National Jailed On Child Sex Charges Out Of Elmwood Park, ICE Seeks Deportation Colombian National Jailed On Child Sex Charges Out Of Elmwood Park, ICE Seeks Deportation
Colombian National Jailed On Child Sex Charges Out Of Elmwood Park, ICE Seeks Deportation Federal immigration authorities placed a hold on a Colombian national jailed on charges of sexually assaulting an underage Elmwood Park teenager at least three times. Alejandro Suaza-Munoz, a 35-year-old day laborer, was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit on Tuesday, July 25, after they were notified of the allegations by Elmwood Park police. Suaza-Munoz “sexually assaulted the child, who was under the age of 16 but over the age of 13, on more than one occasion,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in announcing the arrest. Detectives cha…

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Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD
Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD A driver for a local teen treatment facility sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl before she locked herself in a Dunkin' Donuts bathroom on Route 17 and got help, authorities said. Police found the girl after a security guard called them to the donut shop on southbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4. She told them that she'd been sexually assaulted on the facility's bus while passing through Wood-Ridge moments earlier, Wood-Ridge Police Chief Michael O’Donnell said. The driver -- identified as Clarence K. Hedgeman, 41, of Woodland Park -- apparently…

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RCNJ Hosts Symposium On 'Power-Based' Dating Violence On Campus RCNJ Hosts Symposium On 'Power-Based' Dating Violence On Campus
Rcnj Hosts Symposium On 'Power-Based' Dating Violence On Campus The cold-blooded killings of four female college students in Idaho just months ago make a symposium next week at Ramapo College on stalking and dating violence on campus more than relevant. "Power-Based Violence: A Look into College Life" will delve into social media harassment, stalking behavior, sign recognition, resource disparities and barriers that prevent marginalized populations from coming forward to report such crimes. What violence prevention on campus looks like will also be discussed. New Milford Councilman Matthew Seymour will moderate the 5th annual Domestic Violence Awarenes…

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Water Company Tech From Rutherford Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Water Company Tech From Rutherford Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Water Company Tech From Rutherford Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A Rutherford man who recently began working for Veolia Water North Jersey was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen, authorities announced. Adrian Antonio Guzman, a 31-year-old system technician who joined the utility company five months ago, was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit after they were alerted to the alleged incident by Rutherford police, Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, March 3. They charged Guzman on Thursday with aggravated sexual assault of a minor and child endangerment and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Guzman remai…

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5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner 5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner
5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner A child in her pajamas was found alone and shivering on a busy Hasbrouck Heights street corner Friday morning, authorities said. Officers responding to multiple calls on Jan. 27 found the unaccompanied 5-year-old at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Terrace Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights Police Lt. John A. Behr said. "She was cold but otherwise OK," he said. Neighbors emerged from their homes to point them to the child's home, the lieutenant said. Her father arrived at the home a short time later, he said. Detectives were dispatched to the home, collected information and forwarded it to the …

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Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone
Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone A Morris County accountant who was busted last year for allegedly masturbating in front of a Lyndhurst pre-teen was charged this week with possession of child pornography. Amit Bhatt, 43, was served with a criminal complaint on Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Morris County Jail, where he was being held on an unspecified charge, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, Jan. 6. The married Bhatt, of Morris Plains, had been arrested on sex assault and child endangerment charges just about a year ago following a joint investigation into claims that he’d masturbated in front of a kid. A judg…

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ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens
ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens A Guatemalan national living in Maywood was charged with sexually assaulting two Palisade Park pre-teens. Jaime Ottoniel Roca, 41, fondled one of the victims over the course of two years while committing more invasive acts on another, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Both were under the age of 12 at the time and were sexually assaulted at least five times each, an investigation by borough detectives and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit. Roca told one of them that he touched the first victim's inner thigh and private area "in a …

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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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Paramus School Therapist From Washington Township Loses License For Kissing, 'Sexting' Student Paramus School Therapist From Washington Township Loses License For Kissing, 'Sexting' Student
Paramus School Therapist From Washington Township Loses License For Kissing, 'Sexting' Student A Washington Township youth therapist had her license permanently revoked for making out and exchanging suggestive texts with a 17-year-boy she was counseling from a private Paramus High School, authorities said Wednesday. Tara Cardinale, 39, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact rather than go to trial following her arrest by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit earlier this year. Cardinale, who worked at the Alliance Academy, agreed to the permanent revocation of her New Jersey license as a clinical social worker as a condition of the plea, Attorney General G…

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Dad Arrested After Docs Find THC In System Of Hospitalized Teaneck Child, 4 Dad Arrested After Docs Find THC In System Of Hospitalized Teaneck Child, 4
Dad Arrested After Docs Find THC In System Of Hospitalized Teaneck Child, 4 A high school teacher from Teaneck was arrested after his 4-year-old daughter was hospitalized with THC in her system, authorities said. Authorities charged Avi Mandel, 30, with child endangerment and illegal pot possession after doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center found the child “lethargic and unable to stand,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. “Medical tests indicated that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, was present in the child’s body,” he said. The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency reported the inci…

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North Bergen Cook, 19, Charged With Illegal Sex With Underage Edgewater Teen North Bergen Cook, 19, Charged With Illegal Sex With Underage Edgewater Teen
North Bergen Cook, 19, Charged With Illegal Sex With Underage Edgewater Teen A 19-year-old cook from North Bergen was jailed for an illegal sexual relationship that authorities said he had with a 13-year-old Edgewater resident. Khaled Khalil remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on a single charge each of sexual assault and child endangerment through sexual contact with a juvenile more than four years younger than him. Khalil was arrested on Wednesday, two days after North Bergen police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit “regarding an allegation t…

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Nursing Aide, 53, Charged With Sexually Abusing Disabled Teen Patient At Rochelle Park Facility Nursing Aide, 53, Charged With Sexually Abusing Disabled Teen Patient At Rochelle Park Facility
Nursing Aide, 53, Charged With Sexually Abusing Disabled Teen Patient At Rochelle Park Facility A nursing assistant sexually abused a disabled 18-year-old patient at a Rochelle Park medical facility, said police who arrested him. Rodney Mills, 53, of Irvington was arrested after an investigation by Rochelle Park police, assisted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said Tuesday. Mills, a certified nursing assistant who’d been working at the facility a little over a year, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and neglect in caring for the disabled male patient, DePreta said. He remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail…

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Bergen Prosecutor: Hudson Construction Worker Sexually Assaulted Underage Girl In Fort Lee Bergen Prosecutor: Hudson Construction Worker Sexually Assaulted Underage Girl In Fort Lee
Bergen Prosecutor: Hudson Construction Worker Sexually Assaulted Underage Girl In Fort Lee A construction worker from Hudson County sexually assaulted an underage girl in Fort Lee, said authorities who arrested him. A judge on Tuesday ordered that Andres Solis, 29, of Guttenberg remain held in the Bergen County Jail pending further court action following his arrest Monday by members of the county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit. He’s charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Solis “was employed as a construction worker at a site in Fort Lee, where he sexually assaulted [the] juvenile,” Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was taken into custody after Fort Lee…

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Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl
Fairview Laborer, 47, Charged With Molesting Girl FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview laborer was charged with aggravated sexual contact and child endangerment after authorities said he “inappropriately touched” a young girl over the course of a year. Leon Aguin-Lopez, a 47-year-old Guatemalan national, was being held in the Bergen County Jail on an ICE detainer, records show. Fairview police received a report Friday and notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Aguin-Lopez was taken into custody the next day, he said.

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