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North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police A North Jersey fire chief was arrested for masturbating in a vehicle parked in a ShopRite parking lot, authorities said. Budd Lake Fire Chief Joe Compano was arrested and charged with lewdness following the Tuesday, Sept. 19 incident in the parking lot of the Sparta ShopRite store on North Village Boulevard, Sparta police Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said. It began around 11:50 p.m., when a woman loading groceries into her car called police to say that the man in a maroon Ford Explorer next to her was masturbating with his penis exposed, Snyder said. He masturbated more aggressively and tried h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident
Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident East Rutherford police snatched a 24-year-old serial masturbator from a commuter bus following another incident, authorities said. Marvin Vargas of Jersey City was taken from the NJ TRANSIT bus and booked on lewdness charges after police were called to a bus shelter on Paterson Plank Road around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Vargas had masturbated in front of a female passenger, also 24, on the #163 bus, which runs between Ridgewood and the Port Authority bus station in Manhattan, the captain said. "Nothing was said to the female, but he was looking at her," Yann…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say
Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say A security guard arrested for masturbating in front of a co-worker did it again 10 days later, authorities said. Rideef Scruggs, 36, of East Orange, touched himself sexually in front of a coworker while working at 1000 Riverside Station Boulevard, and charged March 7 with lewdness and criminal sexual contact, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Scruggs did the exact same thing about 10 days later, and was slapped with the same charges on March 17, Miller said. He was issued his complaint summons and was released from police custody.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police
Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police An East Orange man was charged with lewdness and criminal sexual contact after masturbating in front of a co-worker while working a security job in Secaucus, police said. Rideef Scruggs, 36, was working at 1000 Riverside Station Boulevard, residential units across from the train station, on March 7, when she incident occurred, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Scruggs surrendered to authorities on the charges and was issued his complaint summons. He was released from police custody. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Englewood Girl Has Smarts To Take Photo Of Lewd Driver's Distinctive Truck Police: Englewood Girl Has Smarts To Take Photo Of Lewd Driver's Distinctive Truck
Police: Englewood Girl Has Smarts To Take Photo Of Lewd Driver's Distinctive Truck A driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck older than him was arrested after authorities said he masturbated while asking an Englewood schoolgirl for directions. Now they're wondering whether there may have been other incidents. The 16-year-old victim told police she was walking to school on Knickerbocker Road on Friday, March 10 when the driver pulled up in a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup, Lt. Fred Pulice said. As she approached the truck to respond to his request for directions, she saw him masturbating, the lieutenant said. The girl fled -- but not before taking a cell phone photo of the dist…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Stranger Stalks Teen Walking Dog, Shows Lewd Photos, Talks Dirty: Hasbrouck Heights PD Stranger Stalks Teen Walking Dog, Shows Lewd Photos, Talks Dirty: Hasbrouck Heights PD
Stranger Stalks Teen Walking Dog, Shows Lewd Photos, Talks Dirty: Hasbrouck Heights PD A Hasbrouck Heights teen walking her dog was followed by a stranger who got out of his car, showed her pornographic photos and made lewd comments, authorities said. Borough detectives immediately converged on the area and collected video that helped identify him and his car, Lt. John Behr said. Runaldo Yanpiel Miliano-Almonte, 24, of Passaic was later captured and charged with stalking, luring and lewdness, the lieutenant said. The 18-year-old woman went to headquarters and told police that Miliano-Almonte followed her in a white Honda Accord while making suggestive comments and askin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police
Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police A violent repeat offender who terrorized patrons of a Wayne restaurant by threatening to kill their children urinated on the lawn of Wayne Valley High School while students were in class after he was released from custody, authorities said. Stephen Sales, 42, of Wayne was drunk and holding a beer can when he approached New Year's Eve diners at their tables at the Hamburg Turnpike restaurant, pointed at their children and threatened to kill them, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers rushed there and seized Sales, who’d previously been banned from the establishment and has a history of sim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Man Exposes Himself To Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters: Police Hunterdon County Man Exposes Himself To Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters: Police
Hunterdon County Man Exposes Himself To Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters: Police A Flemington man was charged with lewdness after allegedly exposing himself to Halloween trick-or-treaters, authorities said. Arnaldo Ruano-Polanco, 23, is accused of exposing himself to trick-or-treaters who were walking by his home on Halloween, Flemington Police said in a Wednesday release. Ruano-Polanco was arrested and charged with lewdness. He was being held in the Hunterdon County Sheriff’s Office.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Warren County Man In Pink Bunny Costume Exposes Himself To Boy, 10, Trick-Or-Treating With Mom Warren County Man In Pink Bunny Costume Exposes Himself To Boy, 10, Trick-Or-Treating With Mom
Warren County Man In Pink Bunny Costume Exposes Himself To Boy, 10, Trick-Or-Treating With Mom A 52-year-old Warren County man wearing a pink bunny costume was charged after police say he exposed himself to a mother and her 10-year-old son while they were trick-or-treating. Thomas Mohring, of the 1200 block of East Boulevard in Alpha, was charged with child endangerment (sexual misconduct) and lewdness, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release with local officials on Thursday, Nov. 3. Mohring is accused of exposing his genitals to a mother and her son while the pair were trick-or-treating on Halloween, authorities said. Officers responding to the report allegedly…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police
Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police Police in New Jersey arrested a 38-year-old Massachusetts man after a hotel worker accused him of exposing his genitals and "performing a lewd act," authorities said.  Daniel Cater, of Brockton, sneaked into the employee's area of a Candlewood Suites hotel at 279 Secaucus Road on Oct. 17 just after 6:30 a.m. and performed the stunt, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.  Police arrested him without incident and charged him with lewdness, Miller said. 

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by Josh Lanier
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Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room
Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room A 71-year-old Moonachie trailer park resident was arrested after a resident found him naked and taking selfies in the laundry room, authorities said. Officers Scott Lemongello and Daniel Leoncini reviewed surveillance video at the Metropolitan Mobile Home Park and identified the birthday-suited, selfie-snapping suspect as Frank Volpe, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The officers went to his trailer home and arrested Volpe, who was charged with lewdness and released pending a Municipal Court hearing, the chief said. The incident came a day after another Moonachie man was seized by b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
NJ Substitute Teacher Charged With Lewdness Was Masturbating In Class 2X: Report NJ Substitute Teacher Charged With Lewdness Was Masturbating In Class 2X: Report
NJ Substitute Teacher Charged With Lewdness Was Masturbating In Class 2X: Report A substitute teacher from North Jersey arrested this week was apparently masturbating in class and twice caught by students, NJ Advance Media reports. Nutley High School teacher Richard Dunn, 58, was charged with lewdness and child endangerment on allegations of "inappropriate behavior" while teaching, local police announced. A student videotaped Dunn touching himself in a classroom on Feb. 1, and on March 10, was caught by multiple female students masturbating at his desk and acting "weird" during a digital media class, NJ Advance Media says citing charging documents. Police launched…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Monmouth County Man Indicted For Videotaping Himself Masturbating In Asbury Park: Prosecutor Monmouth County Man Indicted For Videotaping Himself Masturbating In Asbury Park: Prosecutor
Monmouth County Man Indicted For Videotaping Himself Masturbating In Asbury Park: Prosecutor A 51-year-old man from West Long Branch has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for videotaping himself while masturbating in a public park in Asbury Park, authorities said. In addition to lewdness, the three-count indictment also charges Michael K. Russo with having child sexual abuse files stored on a computer drive connected with his email address and for possessing cocaine, Acting Prosecutor Lori Linskey said on Friday. Russo, 51, was charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child via possession of child sexual abuse material, third-degree possessi…

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by Jon Craig
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PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home
PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home An Allendale man recorded on a doorbell camera masturbating in a Waldwick resident's driveway early Saturday was captured a short time later by police from both towns, authorities said. Paul Montenigro, 44, wasn't difficult to spot, they said. He'd dyed his hair blue. A resident near Crescent Elementary School called Waldwick police after his Ring video alerted him around 8:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. David Passaretti said. The resident ran out and confronted Montenigro, who fled, he said. Waldwick patrol officers converged on the area, assisted by Allendale police. They checked area busine…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest
Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest A woman had told Hasbrouck Heights police how a man exposed himself to her and her two young children when another report came in from barely a block away. Officers arrested borough resident Todd Wagner, 56, moments later, said Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the department. The first victim reported an incident in the area of Boulevard and Franklin Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Rinke said. A search of the area yielded negative results, he said. Police got a similar report shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday of a man exposing himself on Boulevard at Hamilton …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sex Offender Caught Giving Himself A Hand In Front Of Edgewater Staples, Police Say Sex Offender Caught Giving Himself A Hand In Front Of Edgewater Staples, Police Say
Sex Offender Caught Giving Himself A Hand In Front Of Edgewater Staples, Police Say A convicted sex offender from Virginia was caught masturbating with his pants down in front of the entrance to the Staples in Edgewater, authorities said. Clarence Fleming, 60, covered himself up when he saw officers responding to a complaint pulled up at the busy Edgewater Commons shopping center on River Road store around 7 p.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Fleming told Officers Mike Monroe, Sergio Cervantes and Victor Lopez “that he was in a private area and asked to be left alone, even though he was sitting in front of the store” in a mall “where many families with childre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PalPark Detectives Charge Local Resident With Masturbating In Public PalPark Detectives Charge Local Resident With Masturbating In Public
PalPark Detectives Charge Local Resident With Masturbating In Public Palisades Park detectives arrested a borough man after a pedestrian said she found him masturbating on the main drag. The 35-year-old borough victim came to police headquarters and said she'd seen the man in the act as she walked on Broad Avenue near Washington Place the night of Nov. 9, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. A sketch artist produced a composite based on her description that detectives used to identify Hugo Lopez, 33, said Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. Lopez was arrested on Friday and released on a disorderly persons summons, answerable in Municipal Court, charging …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Handyman Caught Masturbating Near Norwood Job Site, Police Say Handyman Caught Masturbating Near Norwood Job Site, Police Say
Handyman Caught Masturbating Near Norwood Job Site, Police Say Norwood police arrested a Hudson County handyman after two female passersby said they saw him masturbating in his vehicle. Ernesto Martinez, 34, of West New York was working a job in the area when the women told police they saw him busy doing something else while parked on Rio Vista Drive around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Jeff Krapels said. Martinez drove away but was stopped and arrested by police a short time later, the chief said. They charged Martinez with lewdness and released him pending a Municipal Court hearing. ****** UPDATE: A 21-year-old Northvale driver was charged with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris County Authorities Nab ShopRite Masturbator, 68, Who Told Woman He Was Touching Himself Morris County Authorities Nab ShopRite Masturbator, 68, Who Told Woman He Was Touching Himself
Morris County Authorities Nab ShopRite Masturbator, 68, Who Told Woman He Was Touching Himself A Wharton man was charged with lewdness and harassment for telling a woman in a ShopRite parking lot he was masturbating, authorities said. Jorge Rivera, 68, was driving a white Chevy Astro van through the Rockaway ShopRite parking lot when he approached the woman in early September, Rockaway Police Lt. Paul Reilly said. Rivera looked at the woman and told her he was performing a lewd act on himself, which was unspecified by police. Rivera was charged with harassment on Sept. 17 following an investigation. A second similar incident occurred at the same location on Oct. 19, leading to addi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Bogota PD: Teaneck Driver Masturbated, Shouted Obscenities At Women From His Car Bogota PD: Teaneck Driver Masturbated, Shouted Obscenities At Women From His Car
Bogota PD: Teaneck Driver Masturbated, Shouted Obscenities At Women From His Car A Teaneck motorist shouted obscenities at women while masturbating in his car, Bogota police charged. Juan D. Hernandez-Morales, 19, was charged with lewdness and making harassing comments by borough detectives following victims' complaints, authorities said. "Hernandez-Morales habitually harassed and made lewd acts to females within the borough while driving by them on the roadway," a post by the department says. He was released pending a court hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Lakewood Man Moons Walmart Customers, Records It Police: Lakewood Man Moons Walmart Customers, Records It
Police: Lakewood Man Moons Walmart Customers, Records It A Lakewood man mooned several Walmart customers -- including a young child -- and recorded it on his cellphone, authorities said. Mordechai Grubin, 27, was charged with lewdness, Brick Sgt. James Kelly said. Patrolman Joseph Riccio responded to a call from the Route 88 store around 5 p.m. Thursday. Riccio arrested Grubin, who was later released on a summons.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Police: Man In Woman's Wig, Dress, Heels Exposes Himself To Child At Fort Lee Hudson River Park Police: Man In Woman's Wig, Dress, Heels Exposes Himself To Child At Fort Lee Hudson River Park
Police: Man In Woman's Wig, Dress, Heels Exposes Himself To Child At Fort Lee Hudson River Park A man dressed in women's clothing exposed himself at the Ross Dock picnic area in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, said police who arrested him. Benjamin Lam, 60, of Cresskill was wearing a red wig, black dress and high heels when Palisades Interstate Parkway police arrested him Wednesday afternoon, PIP Police Chief Steven Shallop said. That matched a description given by witnesses -- among them, a pre-teen -- at the waterfront park, he said. "After interviewing witnesses, it was determined the exposure of Mr. Lam’s genitals warranted an arrest for lewdness," Shallop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say
Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say A 43-year-old Bayonne man exposed himself to a store filled with children and adults before laying on the floor and masturbating, authorities said. Terrence Sheppard was in a store near Broadway and 23rd Street when he began exposing himself around 5:15 Tuesday evening, witnesses told Bayonne police. Sheppard was looking at items on the shelf before he went to the front of the store, laid down and began masturbating, the witnesses said. A store employee confronted Sheppard, who then stood up, continued masturbating and then left, Bayonne Police Lt. Eric Amato said. Sheppard was arres…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online
Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online A Passaic County man who'd been chatting online with a Sussex County juvenile was found Wednesday with child porn,  authorities said. Franklin police said they got a tip from another law enforcement agency that Damien S. Stefancik, 32, of New Milford had been communicating with the minor and was believed to have child pornography. Stefancik was arrested at a house in Ringwood and charged with possession of child pornography, lewdness observed by a child, obscenity for persons under 18 and child endangerment. He was released pending a first appearance in  Central Judicial Pro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Fort Lee police nabbed a naked, drug-influenced man running down Route 4, authorities said. Responding to a call at the Holiday Inn, Officer Carlos Cabrera saw 51-year-old Kelton L. Mccrink-Goode of Morris Plains running in the right lane of the eastbound highway around 6 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Cabrera blocked the right lane of eastbound Route 4 with his vehicle and found the undressed McCrink-Goode holding a pocket knife in his right hand while “acting in an irate and irrational manner,” Mirkovic said. Cabrera displayed his Taser and got McCrink-Goode to drop the knife, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wayne PD: Man Who Exposed Himself At Mall Seized During Holiday Shopping Rush Wayne PD: Man Who Exposed Himself At Mall Seized During Holiday Shopping Rush
Wayne PD: Man Who Exposed Himself At Mall Seized During Holiday Shopping Rush Wayne police and Passaic County sheriff's officers were talking to a witness reporting that a man had exposed himself at busy Willowbrook Mall this weekend when a woman screamed nearby. The woman, who was with her 12-year-old nephew, pointed to the suspect, who was immediately taken into custody, township Police Capt. Daniel Daly said Monday. The officers were talking with the witnesses shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday when they heard the screams, Daily said. James Michura, 24, of North Carldwell was charged with three counts of lewdness and released pending a court hearing, the captain said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 7-Year-Old Girl At Her House, Authorities Charge Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 7-Year-Old Girl At Her House, Authorities Charge
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 7-Year-Old Girl At Her House, Authorities Charge A Jersey City man accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl at her house was being held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility Friday, authorities said. Theodore Wilson, 52 -- who knew the girls' family -- began sexually assaulted the girl at her Jersey City house last year, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The incidents were first reported to the Jersey City Police Department, which notified the Hudson County prosecutor's Special Victims Unit. Wilson was arrested Thursday at 11:15 p.m., at the prosecutor's office without incident, authorities said. He was charged s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Babysitter Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child, 6, In Union City Babysitter Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child, 6, In Union City
Babysitter Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child, 6, In Union City A 71-year-old Union City man was arrested for allegedly molesting a six-old-girl on "multiple" occasions, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.  Police in Secaucus contacted the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit Friday and reported the alleged assaults. That night, Mario Buitrago-Sanchez was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault. endangering the welfare of a child and lewdness.  The assaults occurred while Buitrago-Sanchez was watching the child in his Union City home, authorities said.  Buitrago-Sanchez is in custody pending his …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Hackensack Customer Records Her Uber Eats Driver Masturbating Outside, Arrest Made Hackensack Customer Records Her Uber Eats Driver Masturbating Outside, Arrest Made
Hackensack Customer Records Her Uber Eats Driver Masturbating Outside, Arrest Made A Hackensack woman who'd just received food from an Uber Eats driver found him masturbating outside her house -- and took a cellphone video for police who tracked him down. The 23-year-old woman thought it was odd that the afternoon delivery bag was unstapled, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said, so she approached the 2016 black Ford Explorer parked out front. That's when "she observed him masturbating in the front seat," he said. City Detectives Robert Ghirardi and Michael Keonig investigated and identified the driver as Vinicius Porto, 23, of Newark, the captain said. They arrested Porto, charged …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bayonne Shoplifter Got Naked After Arrest: Police Bayonne Shoplifter Got Naked After Arrest: Police
Bayonne Shoplifter Got Naked After Arrest: Police A Jersey City woman who was arrested Thursday for shoplifting was additionally charged for an act of lewdness in her cell once she was in custody, according to Bayonne police. Ottanee Turner, 35, allegedly swiped some scratch-off lottery tickets at Allcare Pharmacy on Avenue C shortly before noon. A store employee called police when the employee spotted Turner sitting on a bench at Fitzpatrick Park, where police found her. .After allegedly giving police a false name and after police found a lottery ticket on the ground near her, Turner was taken into custody. Police said Turner became unco…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge
Man Caught Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Carlstadt Police Charge A North Bergen man caught ringing doorbells in a Carlstadt neighborhood turned out to be the same one who masturbated in front of a local woman the day before, police said Thursday. Bobby Ortiz, 30, told officers responding to an 8 a.m. call Sunday in the area of 6th Street and Division Avenue that he was staying at a relative’s house, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The officers noticed that Ortiz bore a resemblance to a man who a female driver said exposed himself to her around 5 p.m. Saturday as she sat in her car, Nielsen said. Officers who responded to her didn’t find a suspect at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco