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Former South Jersey Police Officer Indicted For Leaking College Women's Nude Pics: Prosecutors Former South Jersey Police Officer Indicted For Leaking College Women's Nude Pics: Prosecutors
Former South Jersey Police Officer Indicted For Leaking College Women's Nude Pics: Prosecutors A former Mount Laurel police officer was indicted after prosecutors said he hacked into the social media accounts of female college students and leaked nude pictures of them. A grand jury issued an indictment against 24-year-old Ayron Taylor of Moorestown on 96 counts, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw announced on Tuesday, Feb. 22. He was charged in 2022 and investigators said he illegally accessed more than 5,000 student email accounts from Rowan College at Burlington County. Taylor was indicted on Thursday, Feb. 15. He was charged with 54 counts of elements of computer th…
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months A cashier at a Sunoco station has been arrested for taking multiple upskirt photos of women while at work over the course of nearly two years, authorities in Somerset County said. Miguel A. Melchor-Gomez, 54, of North Plainfield, who worked at the Sunoco station on Stirling Road in Watchung, filmed underneath his unsuspecting victims' clothing in one of two ways from December 2021 to Aug. 19, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. said. Melchor-Gomez either pretended that the credit card machine malfunctioned and directed his victims to the counter where he would stand clos…
Perv Caught Snapping Cellphone Pics Of Woman Changing At NJ Mall H&M: Police Perv Caught Snapping Cellphone Pics Of Woman Changing At NJ Mall H&M: Police
Perv Caught Snapping Cellphone Pics Of Woman Changing At NJ Mall H&M: Police A pervert took upskirting to another extreme when he stuck a cellphone under a dressing room curtain at the Willowbrook Mall to snap photos of a woman getting changed, authorities charged. The woman screamed and a companion chased the upskirter from the H&M store, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The companion gave a description to Wayne Police Officers Matt Bernardo and Kim Fryer, who reviewed security video and saw Christian E. Tellobazan, 40, of Bloomingdale run from the mall, get into a black SUV and take off, the captain said. Following up, Detective Nicole Georgia identified Tellob…
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in  HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…
Serial 'Upskirter' Arrested For Filming 8 Juveniles At Jersey Shore Supermarkets Serial 'Upskirter' Arrested For Filming 8 Juveniles At Jersey Shore Supermarkets
Serial 'Upskirter' Arrested For Filming 8 Juveniles At Jersey Shore Supermarkets A Monmouth County man has been charged in connection with numerous "upskirting" incidents involving eight juvenile victims, authorities said. It's Christopher W. Cox's second arrest in two years for the same crime at area supermarkets, this time in two counties. He's separately charged with rubbing up against plumbing customers and filming it. He was previously charged last year with taking “upskirting” photos of two women in a Shrewsbury Borough supermarket. Cox, 33, of Red Bank is charged with eight counts of child endangerment, nine counts of possession of child sexual abuse mater…
Man Charged With 'Upskirting' Women At Jersey Shore ShopRite Man Charged With 'Upskirting' Women At Jersey Shore ShopRite
Man Charged With 'Upskirting' Women At Jersey Shore ShopRite A Jersey Shore man has been criminally charged with taking “upskirting” photos of at least two women in a supermarket, authorities said. Christopher W. Cox, 33, of Red Bank was charged with two counts of invasion of privacy, eluding and resisting arrest, according is Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation involving members of the MCPO Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit and the Shrewsbury Borough Police Department has revealed the following facts: Shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, a man later identified as Cox was seen enterin…
NJ Police Officer Hacked Victim's Facebook, Snapchat To Leak Her Naked Photos: Prosecutor NJ Police Officer Hacked Victim's Facebook, Snapchat To Leak Her Naked Photos: Prosecutor
NJ Police Officer Hacked Victim's Facebook, Snapchat To Leak Her Naked Photos: Prosecutor A 22-year-old South Jersey police officer hacked into a woman's social media account and distributed nude photos that she took of herself — including of some from when she was a minor — to her online friends and contacts, authorities said. Ayron Taylor, 22, of Delran, a Mount Laurel police officer, was charged with several counts of computer crime, endangering the welfare of a child and invasion of privacy, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. The investigation began last month after the victim contacted the Evesham Township Police Department and reported that her Snap…
Compulsive NJ Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Compulsive NJ Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor
Compulsive NJ Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Nearly 3½ years behind bars made little difference to a compulsive cyber-stalker from Bergen County who went right back after his victim just months after being released, authorities charged. Daniel Pfeiffer, 33, of Old Tappan was originally convicted several years ago of posting fake nude photos and bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated more than a decade ago. He ended up serving 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after taking a plea deal. No sooner was he released than he was back at it, victimizing the same woman in October 2019, authorities charged. Pfeiffer took another …
SNEAKY PEEK: 'Upskirter' Found On NJ Store Floor Snapping Shots Of Shopper's Privates SNEAKY PEEK: 'Upskirter' Found On NJ Store Floor Snapping Shots Of Shopper's Privates
Sneaky PEEK: 'Upskirter' Found On NJ Store Floor Snapping Shots Of Shopper's Privates A brazen voyeur from Hackensack took "upskirting" to an extreme, authorities said, when a browsing shopper found him lying on the floor of a discount department store snapping photos up her dress. Marco Alvear, 40, scrambled to his feet and ran from the Lyndhurst store after the horrified 53-year-old Rutherford woman discovered what he was doing, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Lyndhurst Detectives Chris Cuneo and Tom McSweeney identified Alvear, the lieutenant said, thanks to video surveillance from the store, which won't be identified here because of its cooperation with them. They al…
NJ Teacher Secretly Snapped Inappropriate Pics Of Girl, Uploaded Child Pornography: Prosecutor NJ Teacher Secretly Snapped Inappropriate Pics Of Girl, Uploaded Child Pornography: Prosecutor
NJ Teacher Secretly Snapped Inappropriate Pics Of Girl, Uploaded Child Pornography: Prosecutor A 44-year-old school teacher from South Jersey is accused of uploading child pornography and taking "inappropriate" photos of a girl, authorities said. Nicholas Brozina of Stow Creek was arrested after a cyber tip referral from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae.  Through investigative measures, Brozina — a teacher in the Salem County Special Services School District — was developed as a suspect, she said. Prosecutors also allege Brozina inappropriately photographed a minor — not a student in the di…
Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After NJ Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After NJ Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam
Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After NJ Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam A recently released ex-con from Jersey City hid a camera in a Ridgefield Park woman's home in an attempt to secretly record her having sex, authorities charged. Johnny Nunez, 46, was taken into custody by village police this week after the woman found the camera, Police Chief Joseph Rella said Friday. Nunez has conducted a campaign of "persistent and ongoing harassment" of the 42-year-old victim, the chief said. Village police arrested him this past Tuesday on charges of invasion of privacy, harassment "in a manner to cause alarm" and stalking, records show. He remained held Friday in the…
Man Took ‘Upskirt’ Video Of Woman At Mercer County Wegmans, Wiped Phone Just Before Arrest: PD Man Took ‘Upskirt’ Video Of Woman At Mercer County Wegmans, Wiped Phone Just Before Arrest: PD
Man Took ‘Upskirt’ Video Of Woman At Mercer County Wegmans, Wiped Phone Just Before Arrest: PD A man who recorded an “upskirt” video of a woman shopping at a Mercer County Wegmans deleted all of his phone's data just moments before his arrest, leading to additional charges, authorities said. Rahean J. Leonard, of Trenton, is accused of following a 59-year-old woman shopping at the Nassau Park Boulevard store in Princeton and recording a video with his phone up her sundress while she was distracted shortly before 3:10 p.m. on Friday, June 24, West Windsor police said in a release on Wednesday, July 13. Leonard then watched the video and left the store, police said. Leonard later alle…
WANTED: Fugitive Passaic Strip Club Manager Convicted In Gang Rape And Recordings WANTED: Fugitive Passaic Strip Club Manager Convicted In Gang Rape And Recordings
Wanted: Fugitive Passaic Strip Club Manager Convicted In Gang Rape And Recordings UPDATE: Authorities were searching for the former manager of a Passaic strip club who was convicted of participating in the video-recorded gang rape of a dancer during an after-hours party. Jurors this week found Luis Guzman, 41, guilty of several counts stemming from the Nov. 5, 2012 attack at Mr. B’s Gentlemen’s Club. Guzman attended the trial during testimony but skipped bail before summations, jury deliberations and the pronouncement of guilty conviction of two counts of aggravated sexual assault and being an accomplice to aggravated sexual assault, as well as invasion of privacy and v…
Man Charged With 'Upskirting' On Jersey Shore Also Charged With Doing It In Bergen County Man Charged With 'Upskirting' On Jersey Shore Also Charged With Doing It In Bergen County
Man Charged With 'Upskirting' On Jersey Shore Also Charged With Doing It In Bergen County A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment against a Somerset County man accused of taking lewd photographs of under a young girl's dress at a car dealership, authorities said. The action is commonly described as "upskirting." David M. Chapinski, 41, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township is charged with manufacturing of child sexual abuse materials, invasion of privacy, and child endangerment, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. The former adjunct professor has been charged with upskirting before at an Edgewater sup…
Convicted NJ Sex Offender Photographed Child In Costco Bathroom: Police Convicted NJ Sex Offender Photographed Child In Costco Bathroom: Police
Convicted NJ Sex Offender Photographed Child In Costco Bathroom: Police A convicted sex offender has been arrested for photographing a child under a Costco bathroom stall, authorities said. On April 22, at 5:21 p.m., Stafford police responded to Costco Wholesale, at 219 Stafford Park Boulevard, for a report of a suspicious person. Police met with a complainant who said his 7-year-old child had been photographed by the man. An on-scene investigation revealed that the suspect had been involved in previous incidents at Costco. With assistance from Costco Management, the subject was positively identified as Christopher Dinverno, a 39-year-old resident of Barnegat…
Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor
Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Monmouth County has been found guilty of having videos of a naked woman without her permission, authorities said. He also shared child pornography, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Robert Mack of Tinton Falls was convicted of third-degree invasion of privacy as well as second- and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child charges, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.  The charges stem from the 2017 possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, Linskey said. An investigation by the Monmouth County Pr…
Central Jersey Man Who Secretly Recorded People In Bathrooms While Working As EMT Pleads Guilty Central Jersey Man Who Secretly Recorded People In Bathrooms While Working As EMT Pleads Guilty
Central Jersey Man Who Secretly Recorded People In Bathrooms While Working As EMT Pleads Guilty A Central Jersey man who secretly recorded people using restrooms at two local rescue squad stations while working as an EMT pleaded guilty to invasion of privacy, authorities said. Douglas Gimson, 32, pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree charges last Friday, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said alongside two local law enforcement agencies. An investigation by the HCPO Special Victims Unit and police departments in Lambertville and Flemington found that Gimson, a Hampton resident and former member of both the Flemington-Raritan and the Lambertville-New Hope rescu…
Selfie Gives Away Waiter Accused Of Recording Women In NJ Diner Bathroom Selfie Gives Away Waiter Accused Of Recording Women In NJ Diner Bathroom
Selfie Gives Away Waiter Accused Of Recording Women In NJ Diner Bathroom Police had little trouble identifying a waiter accused of secretly recorded women using the bathroom at a Route 17 diner. They simply pulled up a selfie on the cellphone that they said he'd hidden in a ceiling vent, customers said. Olegario Mendez, 36, of Suffern was arrested after a woman using the bathroom at the Majestic Diner in Ramsey spotted the phone with the lens facing down over the toilet this past weekend. "The officer who removed the phone said it was on record for an hour," the woman's companion told Daily Voice. Mendez was charged with invasion of privacy and released pend…
Police: Man, 62, Caught Snapping Upskirt Photos In Jersey Shore ShopRite Police: Man, 62, Caught Snapping Upskirt Photos In Jersey Shore ShopRite
Police: Man, 62, Caught Snapping Upskirt Photos In Jersey Shore ShopRite A 62-year-old Brick Township man was arrested for taking upskirt photos of a female in a supermarket, authorities said. A witness told police they saw a man, later identified as Donald Sheridan, holding his cell phone under the dress of a female victim in Shoprite in Kohl’s Plaza on Tuesday around 7:30 p.m., police said in a news release. The witness immediately confronted Sheridan, yelling, “I know what you’re doing," police said.  The witness stayed with Sheridan while the victim advised store personnel to call the police. Officers arrived on scene, conducted intervi…
Police: Customers Seize Professor Taking 'Upskirt' Pics Of Girl At Store Police: Customers Seize Professor Taking 'Upskirt' Pics Of Girl At Store
Police: Customers Seize Professor Taking 'Upskirt' Pics Of Girl At Store A former adjunct professor was tackled by customers who caught him taking an "upskirt" photo of an underage girl on a Edgewater supermarket checkout line, authorities said. Responding officers found several good Samaritans holding down David M. Chapinski, 41, of Somerset at the Mitsuawa Market on River Road around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Detectives interviewed witnesses and obtained surveillance footage that shows Chapinski on the checkout line "with absolutely no groceries," Wetklow said. "It appears he was on the line strictly to take the upskirt photo of th…
NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say
NJ Man Threatened To Leak 'Compromising' Pics Of Girl Who Tried Ending Relationship, Police Say A 23-year-old Newark man was arrested after threatening to release "compromising" photos of a girl who tried ending her relationship with him, authorities in Middlesex said. Robert Arroyo was charged with making terroristic threats, stalking, invasion of privacy and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, Middlesex Police Chief Matthew P. Geist said on Friday. Middlesex Borough Detectives Sean Flanagan and Daniel McCue reportedly arrested Arroyo at his home in Newark on Thursday, Geist said.  In November 2020, the Middlesex Police Department received a report that …
Re-Peeping Tom: Bergenfield Man Charged With Lurking Outside Paramus Homeowners' Windows Re-Peeping Tom: Bergenfield Man Charged With Lurking Outside Paramus Homeowners' Windows
Re-Peeping Tom: Bergenfield Man Charged With Lurking Outside Paramus Homeowners' Windows A repeat Peeping Tom from Bergenfield was caught peering into the windows of Paramus residents, authorities said. Officer Gil Maynard initially found Jason S. Honickman, 41, walking through a residential neighborhood after a Reid Way resident called to report a suspicious man dressed in dark clothing shortly before midnight May 29, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Honickman “could not give a reasonable explanation on why he was walking through that neighborhood,” Ehrenberg said. The officer didn’t have enough information to take him into custody, however, so they released him, the chie…
Contractor Installed Mirrors To Video Victims In South Jersey School Bathrooms, Indictment Says Contractor Installed Mirrors To Video Victims In South Jersey School Bathrooms, Indictment Says
Contractor Installed Mirrors To Video Victims In South Jersey School Bathrooms, Indictment Says A 52-year-old contractor from South Jersey has been indicted for video-recording multiple girls and a teacher in school bathrooms in three counties, authorities said. Gregory R. Mahley of West Deptford was indicted by a Camden County grand jury on 38 counts of manufacturing and possessing child pornography images, according to prosecutors. In total, detectives counted 20 victims between the ages of 12 and 17 and one teacher, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins, An investigation by Gloucester Township police on S…
Police: Monmouth County Man, 32, Sexually Assaulted Woman On Video Police: Monmouth County Man, 32, Sexually Assaulted Woman On Video
Police: Monmouth County Man, 32, Sexually Assaulted Woman On Video A Monmouth County man police say took videos while raping a woman he lived with in Warren County was arrested Thursday at JFK Airport, authorities said. Andres M. Cardenas Ortega, 32, lived in Hackettstown between Sept. 2018 and July 2019 with the victim, who allegedly found several videos on a digital device and Google account that showed her being sexually assaulted, town police said. The victim “had not consented to these sexual acts and did not know this happened before seeing the videos,” according to police. Ortega was scheduled to come to Hackettstown Police headquarters Wednesday a…
Authorities: Perv Pic Taker In Route 3 Bookstore Bathroom Did Same To Girls At Paterson Home Authorities: Perv Pic Taker In Route 3 Bookstore Bathroom Did Same To Girls At Paterson Home
Authorities: Perv Pic Taker In Route 3 Bookstore Bathroom Did Same To Girls At Paterson Home A man caught secretly recording women in bathroom stalls at a Barnes & Noble on Route 3 in Clifton did the same with two children at a Paterson home, authorities said. Juan Mejia, 46, of Paterson was arrested in February 2020 after a woman alerted security officers at Clifton Commons who found him in the bathroom. An investigation by Clifton police and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Sexual Investigations Unit found that Mejia “secretly recorded two women at separate times who were utilizing adjoining bathroom stalls,” an indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson says. They also …
Philly Sex Offender Pens Google Reviews Of Revealing Photos He Snapped Of Women, Police Say Philly Sex Offender Pens Google Reviews Of Revealing Photos He Snapped Of Women, Police Say
Philly Sex Offender Pens Google Reviews Of Revealing Photos He Snapped Of Women, Police Say A registered sex offender from Philadelphia took hundreds of revealing photos of women at area businesses, then uploaded them to Google maps -- penning Google review for many of them, as first reported by NorthPennNow. James Dirk Roberts, 55, is facing 11 misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy following the 10-month investigation launched last July by Montgomery Township Police Department. An investigation was launched last July after police were tipped off to reports of a man taking photos of a female employee at an area business, the criminal complaint says. The woman was pa…
Ex-Teacher, Wrestling Coach Indicted For Criminal Sexual Contact Worked At Dozens Of NJ Schools Ex-Teacher, Wrestling Coach Indicted For Criminal Sexual Contact Worked At Dozens Of NJ Schools
Ex-Teacher, Wrestling Coach Indicted For Criminal Sexual Contact Worked At Dozens Of NJ Schools A former special education teacher and college wrestling coach who worked for dozens of New Jersey schools and youth programs has been indicted for endangering the welfare of a minor, filming/possession of child exploitive material, and criminal sexual contact, authorities said.  John M. Denuto, 44, of Spotswood, was indicted on more than two dozen counts of charges relating to child endangerment, invasion of privacy, possession of child pornography witness tampering and more, according to Middlesex County Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayrevil…
Police: Man Caught Himself Recording Shower Video Of Underage NJ Girl Police: Man Caught Himself Recording Shower Video Of Underage NJ Girl
Police: Man Caught Himself Recording Shower Video Of Underage NJ Girl A Guatemalan national living in Fairview hid his cellphone behind shampoo bottles to record video of an underage girl in the shower – and in doing so gave investigators all the evidence they needed, authorities said. It was a different kind of "gotcha!" they said. Rene Quino-Curruchiche, 38, of Walker Street was arrested after borough police received a 911 call from the youngster, who is in her early teens, according to a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack. A Special Victims Unit detective from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office who interviewed him got Quino-Curruchiche’s…
North Jersey Trucker Charged In Sex Recording Of Pre-Teen North Jersey Trucker Charged In Sex Recording Of Pre-Teen
North Jersey Trucker Charged In Sex Recording Of Pre-Teen A truck driver from Carlstadt was charged with recording indecent images of a pre-teen. Marlon Mendoza-Salas, 30, “engaged in sexual conduct” with the underage child “on multiple occasions in Bergen County,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Detectives from his Special Victims Unit arrested Mendoza-Salas on charges of sexual assault by contact, invasion of privacy by recording a sex act without consent and child endangerment following an investigation with Carlstadt police, the prosecutor said. Mendoza-Salas, who Musella said is married, remained held Wednesday in the B…
NJ Martial Arts Studio Owner Placed Hidden Camera In Bathroom, Prosecutor Says NJ Martial Arts Studio Owner Placed Hidden Camera In Bathroom, Prosecutor Says
NJ Martial Arts Studio Owner Placed Hidden Camera In Bathroom, Prosecutor Says The 31-year-old owner of a martial arts studio was arrested on accusations he placed a camera inside of a bathroom and filmed members of the public and students who used it, authorities said Wednesday. Leonardo Sanchez of Somerville -- who owns Impact Martial Arts in Warren -- was arrested March 19 and charged with third-degree Invasion of privacy, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Police were called to the Mountain Boulevard studio around 11:30 p.m., when an employee found a hidden camera inside of the business, along with videos of individuals using the bathroom, Rober…
Central Jersey EMT Accused Of Secretly Recording People In Bathrooms For Years Central Jersey EMT Accused Of Secretly Recording People In Bathrooms For Years
Central Jersey EMT Accused Of Secretly Recording People In Bathrooms For Years A 31-year-old Hunterdon County EMT was accused Wednesday of secretly recording multiple people in rescue squad bathrooms without their knowledge or consent for years. Douglas Gimson, 31, of Hampton, was arrested Dec. 3 on invasion of privacy charges, Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said alongside two local law enforcement agencies. Grismon, a member of both the Flemington-Raritan and Lambertville-New Hope rescue squads, recorded the individuals in the bathrooms of the squads' facilities, a spokesperson for the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. The …