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SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids
Sleazebag: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids It’s about as low as someone who works in child welfare services can go. A now-former case worker with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families admitted groping women he was investigating, sending unwanted masturbation pics and threatening to have children taken from those who didn’t go out with him, authorities said on Friday. Gilberto Ortiz Jr., a 53-year-old bilingual family services specialist, told a mom he was investigating that he’d “help her” if she had a relationship with him, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Ortiz warned the woman during a home visi…
NJ Human Trafficker Gets 50 Years For Forcing Girl, 17, Into Prostitution NJ Human Trafficker Gets 50 Years For Forcing Girl, 17, Into Prostitution
NJ Human Trafficker Gets 50 Years For Forcing Girl, 17, Into Prostitution A Trenton woman who cruelly forced an underage girl into prostitution must spend at least 20 years in state prison before she’ll be eligible for parole. Superior Court Judge Darlene J. Pereksta on Thursday sentenced Ashley Gardener, 32, for a series of jury convictions for human trafficking, promoting prostitution and child endangerment, among other crimes. Pereksta sentenced Gardener to 50 years altogether, 40% of which she must serve before she can seek a parole hearing.  It marked the final chapter in what authorities said was a prime example of a crime that occurs “in the shadows,…
NJ Child Protection Services Worker, 39, Killed By Stray Drive-By Bullet On Her Front Porch NJ Child Protection Services Worker, 39, Killed By Stray Drive-By Bullet On Her Front Porch
NJ Child Protection Services Worker, 39, Killed By Stray Drive-By Bullet On Her Front Porch A beloved New Jersey Department of Children and Families worker was killed by a stray bullet on her front porch in a drive-by Trenton shooting, authorities said. Vernetta McCray -- who worked in the department for more than a decade -- was bleeding from her head after being shot on the front porch of her Hampton Avenue home around 9 p.m. Friday, officials said. Police had been called to the  300 block of Walnut Street for reports of more than 20 rounds fired, police said. McCray, 39, was taken to the hospital where she was listed in critical condition, and pronounced dead Saturd…