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GOTCHA! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused NJ Child Molester GOTCHA! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused NJ Child Molester
Gotcha! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused NJ Child Molester An accused child molester from Bergen County who remained on the run for two years was captured by US Marshals in South Carolina, authorities said. Cesar de Jesus Perez Acosta, 37, of River Vale is accused of touching the pre-teen victim's breasts and vagina in October 2021, court records show. River Vale police obtained a warrant for Perez Acosta’s arrest following interviews with those present at the time of the alleged assault, a criminal complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack says. A DNA swab of the girl's breast provided physical evidence, the complaint says without elaborat…
Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation
Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation A self-employed handyman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping a pre-teen while working at a Bergen County home. Jurors this past May convicted Alejandro Velasquez-Martinez, a 48-year-old Colombian national living in Morristown, of sexually assaulting the girl while doing tile repairs in her family’s home in Demarest the morning of August 19, 2019. Velasquez-Martinez was arrested a short time later in Demarest and has remained in the Bergen County Jail since then. His next stop isn’t certain. If he goes to state prison, Velasquez-Martinez will have to serve 34 years before he’ll …
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To NY To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To NY To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer
NY Dental Hygienist Who Traveled To NY To Meet Child For Sex Could Be Freed Next Summer UPDATE: A dental hygienist who was arrested in Bergen County after coming from Rockland to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl was sent to state prison for what could be less than a year. Dariush Ghamarnezhad, 42, of Pomona was among 16 men from Bergen, Passaic, Rockland and Westchester counties who were busted by authorities during a five-day 2019 sting operation dubbed “Operation Home Alone." Various law enforcement agencies united to nab men who they said tried to lure youngsters into sex through social media. Just about all of them were arrested when they showed up at a residen…
Daughter Of Late Combat Vet Jailed For Death Threats To Public Officials: NJ State Police Daughter Of Late Combat Vet Jailed For Death Threats To Public Officials: NJ State Police
Daughter Of Late Combat Vet Jailed For Death Threats To Public Officials: NJ State Police A grieving naval officer’s daughter from Bergen County who’s been involved in a court battle with the local veterans home made what New Jersey State Police allege were credible threats against two public officials following her father’s death. Amy Johnson, 54, of Westwood, had initially “voiced her dissatisfaction with the court’s decision" over a power-of-attorney request, says a State Police complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. She initially left email and voice messages that the NJSP said mentioned two public officials by name and were “concerning, harassing and threatening i…
NJ Gang Member Who Stabbed GF Dead With Young Daughter Home Gets 35 Years In Prison NJ Gang Member Who Stabbed GF Dead With Young Daughter Home Gets 35 Years In Prison
NJ Gang Member Who Stabbed GF Dead With Young Daughter Home Gets 35 Years In Prison UPDATE: A Paterson gang member was sentenced to 30 years in prison for stabbing his new girlfriend to death in the Leonia apartment that she shared with her young daughter. Murder pleas are rare in Bergen County, where deals are often cut for just about every other charge. Nile “OG Cripp” Diakos, 36, nonetheless got a deal from prosecutors in the March 26, 2022 stabbing death of Alicia Arnone, 35. In exchange for his guilty plea, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office agreed to a 30-year sentence – with no parole. Another five will be tacked on for stalking and weapons possession by a con…
14-Year-Old Boy Rams Paramus Police Vehicle With SUV Stolen From Jersey Shore 14-Year-Old Boy Rams Paramus Police Vehicle With SUV Stolen From Jersey Shore
14-Year-Old Boy Rams Paramus Police Vehicle With SUV Stolen From Jersey Shore A 14-year-old boy rammed a Paramus police vehicle with an SUV stolen from the Jersey Shore before he and two companions were captured, authorities said. Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said the 2020 BMW X7 was reported stolen during a burglary more than 50 miles away in the affluent Monmouth County town of Marlboro. Officer Nicholas Perna and the driver spotted one another at the same moment shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 24, the chief said. At that point, the Newark juvenile hit the gas and headed right for the officer’s cruiser, he said. Perna quickly turned his wheel – an…
NJ Swindler Whose Family Helped Fleece $4.7M From Investors Gets 8 Years In State Slammer NJ Swindler Whose Family Helped Fleece $4.7M From Investors Gets 8 Years In State Slammer
NJ Swindler Whose Family Helped Fleece $4.7M From Investors Gets 8 Years In State Slammer UPDATE: A Teaneck con man who was captured after trying to flee the country must spend the next three years in state prison for running a Ponzi scheme with family and friends that fleeced dozens of unwitting investors out of $4.7 million. Chander Singh, 46, reshaped a failed company into an unscrupulous criminal venture by soliciting loans from investors to buy distressed properties, authorities said. Singh promised double-digit returns from what would be renovations of the ratholes, which he found with the help of his parents and brother, all of whom worked as real estate agents, they said…
HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl
Heroes: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl UPDATE: A trio of Fairview police officers weren't about to wait for an ambulance after a 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was brought into headquarters. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, and the mother showed up at Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. The infant wasn't conscious, didn't have a pulse and had trouble breathing, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. A group of officers who were t…
Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing NJ Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Local Creek Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing NJ Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Local Creek
Killer Gets 50 Years For Stabbing NJ Mom 55 Times, Dumping Body In Local Creek A 21-year-old Lodi man who viciously stabbed a Cresskill woman dozens of times in her home before crudely dumping her body in a county park -- with help from the victim’s 14-year-old daughter -- must live into his 60s before he'll taste freedom again. Nicolas Coirazza struck a deal with prosecutors that still resulted in a 50-year state prison sentence on Friday, Feb. 18 for the brutal slaying and desecration of Divna Roasaco in June 2020. Coirazza initially rejected a 45-year plea offer from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and appeared ready to go to trial in Superior Court in Hacke…
D-I-V-O-WTF? Man Jumps On Hood Of Car Driven By Estranged Wife Outside Route 17 Starbucks D-I-V-O-WTF? Man Jumps On Hood Of Car Driven By Estranged Wife Outside Route 17 Starbucks
D-i-v-o-wtf? Man Jumps On Hood Of Car Driven By Estranged Wife Outside Route 17 Starbucks Talk about an ugly separation: Anyone watching what became a bizarre mid-morning scene outside a Route 17 Starbucks had to be shaking their heads. As police told it: A man jumped on the hood of his sedan in an effort to stop his estranged wife and their son from stealing it as countless java junkies and bemused motorists looked on. The vehicle in question: A Ford Fusion. Joanne Schielzo, 55, of Garfield was "unsatisfied" with her husband getting the $25,000 sedan in their impending divorce, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James M. DePreta said. So she "concocted a plan to regain possession," th…
Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School
Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School A sharp-eyed Lyndhurst special police officer nabbed a 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn who authorities said made a 911 call threatening to blow up the township high school. A Bergen County communications dispatcher told Lyndhurst police shortly after noon on Oct. 7 that an unknown caller using anonymizing technology claimed there was a bomb inside the high school, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The school was locked down and all 852 students, along with teachers and staff, were escorted out by Lyndhurst police. The Bergen County sheriff’s bomb and K-9 squads checked inside and out and d…
New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In NJ Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In NJ Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens
New Details Disclosed By Lawyer In NJ Road-Rage Crash That Critically Injured Teens A volunteer firefighter accused in a road-rage crash that nearly killed a group of fellow Bergen County teens not only returned to the scene as a responder but actively participated in the recovery effort, a personal injury lawyer said in announcing a massive lawsuit. Luke G. Stein, 18, of Cresskill, “helped carry one of the stretchers away from the wreck” off southbound Route 9W in Alpine earlier this month, Samuel L. Davis told reporters during a news conference at his Teaneck office on Thursday, Oct. 27. It was perhaps one of the “most twisted and cynical” things that he’d ever heard an…
Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In NJ Turnpike Stop: Prosecutor Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In NJ Turnpike Stop: Prosecutor
Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In NJ Turnpike Stop: Prosecutor An ex-con dog walker from Hudson County had more than a pound of cocaine, an assault rifle and multiple high-capacity magazines in an electronically operated secret compartment of his SUV when he was stopped near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Detectives with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force stopped a 2009 Toyota Rav4 driven by Mervin Menier, 50, of Union City for speeding on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carlstadt this past Tuesday, Oct. 18. The investigators had been tipped off by the DEA that Menier was “transporting bulk shipments” of drugs and cash int…
Gang Of 5 Captured After Trashing North Jersey School Gang Of 5 Captured After Trashing North Jersey School
Gang Of 5 Captured After Trashing North Jersey School Two adults and three juveniles broke in and trashed a former Lyndhurst school, then surrendered after police surrounded the building and threatened to send a dog in after them, authorities said. Only one member of the group, a 17-year-old boy, is from Lyndhurst, they said. The rest are from Passaic County. They climbed in through an unsecured window of the old Lincoln School on Ridge Road at Gutheil Place around midnight Sunday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. A passerby on Ridge Road heard the sound of breaking glass and called police, the lieutenant said. The group ignored orders to …
Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In NJ Armed Robberies Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In NJ Armed Robberies
Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In NJ Armed Robberies His social profiles helped investigators identify a convicted armed robber as the gunman who they said held up a convenience store in Lodi and pistol-whipped a Chinese restaurant worker during another robbery in Elmwood Park. Michael Stuart, 48, used a revolver to rob a 7-Eleven on Route 46 in Lodi shortly before 2:30 a.m. on April 26, authorities charged. Using the same gun, car and clothing, Stuart held up the Garden China Restaurant on Broadway in Elmwood Park on May 10, exactly two weeks later, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Stuart, most recently of East Oran…
Authorities: Sleeping NJ Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband Authorities: Sleeping NJ Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband
Authorities: Sleeping NJ Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband A landscaper raped a sleeping Englewood woman after borrowing her husband’s car and using his keys to get into their home, authorities said. The victim told police she at first thought it was her husband who’d climbed into bed with her. She turned around after a few minutes and was horrified to find that she'd been penetrated by Ulises Ramirez Argueta, a 31-year-old El Salvador national known to the couple, they said. The husband told investigators he'd just gotten to work on Monday, April 11, when Argueta asked if he could borrow his car "to go buy some empanadas,” a complaint on file in …
Intruder Rapes NJ Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge Intruder Rapes NJ Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge
Intruder Rapes NJ Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge A landscaper raped a sleeping Englewood woman after borrowing her husband’s car and using his keys to get into their home, authorities said. The victim told police she at first thought it was her husband who’d climbed into bed with her. She turned around after a few minutes and was horrified to find that she'd been penetrated by Ulises Ramirez Argueta, a 31-year-old El Salvador national known to the couple, they said. The husband told investigators he'd just gotten to work on Monday, April 11, when Argueta asked if he could borrow his car "to go buy some empanadas,” a complaint on file in …
FLAT LEAVERS: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car In North Jersey FLAT LEAVERS: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car In North Jersey
Flat Leavers: Quartet Caught After Abandoning Stolen Car In North Jersey GOTCHA! The out-of-control auto theft epidemic has frustrated law enforcers throughout New Jersey, but sometimes the good guys catch a break. Just ask police in Wyckoff. It was late morning when a concerned citizen called to report four young occupants abandoning a stolen Mercedes Benz S550 sedan that blew a tire on Route 208. All four vanished into the neighborhood between Cedar Hill and Grandview avenues, the caller said. Instead of splitting up, though, they stuck together. A wave of police from Wyckoff, Midland Park and Hawthorne instantly converged on the area. Wyckoff Police Chief D…
His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad Booby-Trapped NJ Home, Police Say His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad Booby-Trapped NJ Home, Police Say
His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad Booby-Trapped NJ Home, Police Say Two children of a former Russian military member feared their suicidal father had booby-trapped their Bergen County home after losing $400,000 in the stock market, investigators said. Anatoly Zaytsev, 67, remained held in the county jail in Hackensack on Wednesday, March 23, more than two weeks after members of the county Bomb Squad and other responders converged on his Oakland home and seized rifles, high-capacity magazines and silencers. The incident reportedly began when Zaytsev’s son told borough police that his father surrendered five guns to him.  The son also told them the Ukra…
Popular Food Network Kosher Deli Chef From NJ Charged With Teen Sex Assault Popular Food Network Kosher Deli Chef From NJ Charged With Teen Sex Assault
Popular Food Network Kosher Deli Chef From NJ Charged With Teen Sex Assault An accomplished kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped" was jailed on child sex assault charges. Shalom Yehudiel, 40, of Surfside, FL, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, March 17, following his arrest the day before, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella issued a statement that said, in part:  "On Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, the FBI contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the alleged sexual assault of a child. A months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the FBI …
ICE Seeks Hold On North Jersey Resident Charged With Pre-Teen Sex Assaults ICE Seeks Hold On North Jersey Resident Charged With Pre-Teen Sex Assaults
ICE Seeks Hold On North Jersey Resident Charged With Pre-Teen Sex Assaults 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 …
Detectives: NJ Man Charged With Stabbing Mom On NY Eve Intended To Kill Her Detectives: NJ Man Charged With Stabbing Mom On NY Eve Intended To Kill Her
Detectives: NJ Man Charged With Stabbing Mom On NY Eve Intended To Kill Her UPDATE: An Elmwood Park man who stabbed his mother in the back with a kitchen knife on New Year's Eve told detectives that he intended to kill her -- and actually thought she was dead when he left the house, authorities said. Emiliano Domi, 25, told investigators he'd confronted the victim in the family's Martha Avenue home because she laughed at him when he complained about her moving a jacket of his from a living-room couch, an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. After pushing her down, Domi said, he grabbed a 6-inch kitchen knife and angrily stabbed the victim in the…
Police: Armed Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On NJ Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride Police: Armed Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On NJ Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride
Police: Armed Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On NJ Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride A convicted robber from Rockland who was armed with a loaded gun crashed his car on a Bergen County resident's lawn, left it there and was waiting for his mother to pick him up when a local police officer captured him, authorities said. Hakeem Gentles, 26, of Spring Valley was intoxicated when his car struck another in a Montvale driveway over the weekend, according to a police report. Responding Police Officer Russell DiLauri found the heavily damaged vehicle unoccupied on the Magnolia Avenue victim's lawn. The resident pointed him toward to a gas station on North Kinderkamack Road, where…
Transit Police Nab Man Wanted For Assaulting Conductor In North Jersey Transit Police Nab Man Wanted For Assaulting Conductor In North Jersey
Transit Police Nab Man Wanted For Assaulting Conductor In North Jersey Authorities captured a Waldwick man wanted for assaulting a conductor at a local train station. New Jersey Transit police tracked down DeVaugn K. Dudley, 23, and took him into custody assisted by Waldwick police, said Emma Wright, NJT's senior public information officer. They charged him with aggravated assault and interfering with transportation in connection with a Nov. 23 incident at the Waldwick station, Wright said. No sooner was Dudley booked into the Bergen County Jail than a Superior Court judge in Hackensack released him Tuesday, pending further court action, under New Jersey's 2…
NJ Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom NJ Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom
NJ Boy Charged With Carjacking His Mom A Saddle Brook juvenile was charged with carjacking his own mother, authorities said. The mom was behind the wheel of a rented Hyundai Elantra when she and her son got into an argument and he insisted he be allowed to drive, Capt. John Zotollo Jr. said. The mother "noticed the son had a pocket knife (and) became frightened," Zotollo said. She then "immediately exited the vehicle and called 911," he said. "The son then drove away." Lt. Leigh Cadigan and Officers Adam Georgaros, Peter Romero and Marcos Torres took the boy into custody and recovered the vehicle about two hours later, the cap…
North Jersey Woman, 75, Found Dying Stabbed Daughter, Reports Show North Jersey Woman, 75, Found Dying Stabbed Daughter, Reports Show
North Jersey Woman, 75, Found Dying Stabbed Daughter, Reports Show UPDATE: A dying Washington Township woman was found by her 75-year-old mother after she'd been beaten and stabbed in her townhouse, investigators said. Flora Casale, who's listed in tax records as owning the Washington Commons condo off Pascack Road, called township police at 12:05 a.m. Sunday, saying that "she found her daughter, Mary Huber, injured inside of the residence," a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Arriving officers found the accused killer, Patrick Camilli, with a knife atop the unresponsive Huber, 51, "in a pool of blood," the complaint says. Camilli, w…
Ex-Planning Board CM Of NJ Town Gets Three Years For Child Porn Ex-Planning Board CM Of NJ Town Gets Three Years For Child Porn
Ex-Planning Board CM Of NJ Town Gets Three Years For Child Porn UPDATE: A former planning board chairman from New Milford who authorities said got underage girls to send him naked photos online was sentenced to three years in state prison. Angelo DeCarlo, a 56-year-old account manager, was originally charged with distributing obscene material to a minor, sexual conduct with a child, child endangerment and viewing or possessing more than 1,000 illegal images when he was arrested last October. Rather than face trial, he pleaded guilty Friday in Superior Court in Hackensack earlier this year to a single second-degree count of endangering the welfare of a c…
Prosecutor: Alleged Kidnap Victim Of Instagram Influencer Took $100,000 Payoff To Change Story Prosecutor: Alleged Kidnap Victim Of Instagram Influencer Took $100,000 Payoff To Change Story
Prosecutor: Alleged Kidnap Victim Of Instagram Influencer Took $100,000 Payoff To Change Story The twisting tale of a Wayne man allegedly kidnapped by Instagram influencer “Jay Mazini” took another turn when Bergen County authorities charged him with taking a $100,000 bribe to back off his story. Amjad Mashal, 29, was arrested outside his business in Clifton, where detectives also found drugs, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. The trouble began when “Mazini” – whose real name is Jebara Igbarra -- picked up Mashal at the 7-Eleven on Palisade Avenue in Fort Lee on March 15, authorities said at the time. Igbarra, of Edgewater, had cultivated a reputation for distribu…
Ex-Cons Released Early Due To COVID Nabbed In NJ Highway Gas Station Holdup Ex-Cons Released Early Due To COVID Nabbed In NJ Highway Gas Station Holdup
Ex-Cons Released Early Due To COVID Nabbed In NJ Highway Gas Station Holdup Two ex-cons who were among more than 2,000 New Jersey prisoners released early last year because of COVID were charged with holding up a Route 17 gas station in Hasbrouck Heights last month. Keywan Hudson, 25, spoke on a cellphone as he pointed a gun at the victim at the BP gas station on the northbound highway and demanded cash shortly before 3 a.m. Aug. 11, according to a complaint filed by a Bergen County prosecutor's detective. He also demanded to know the address, it says. Security video also showed Salik Stephens, 29, pulling up in a black BMW sedan with temporary tags moments later,…
WILD NIGHT: NJ Homeowner Grabs Car Thief, Police Nab 3 Others WILD NIGHT: NJ Homeowner Grabs Car Thief, Police Nab 3 Others
Wild Night: NJ Homeowner Grabs Car Thief, Police Nab 3 Others Police from several agencies converged on the area and nabbed three juveniles after an Englewood Cliffs homeowner grabbed their companion and held him for officers, authorities said. The Allison Drive homeowner alerted police after the first thief had entered a car in his driveway shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. The other three took off on foot, leaving behind a Mercedes Benz S550 that had been reported stolen on Staten Island late last week. Englewood Cliffs police notified surrounding agencies, a perimeter was established and the search was on, Waldt sa…
Police: Street Evangelist Violates Judge's Order, Stalks NJ Abortion Doc Police: Street Evangelist Violates Judge's Order, Stalks NJ Abortion Doc
Police: Street Evangelist Violates Judge's Order, Stalks NJ Abortion Doc A self-described Christian missionary from Bergenfield who was accused of using a drone to peer into the second-floor office of an Englewood abortion doctor was arrested again Friday morning for violating a restraining order, authorities said. A Superior Court judge in March ordered Daniel Stephen Courney, 37, not to return to Metropolitan Medical Associates on Engle Street as a condition of his release after city police charged him with stalking the doctor. He was back Friday morning -- and recorded it on Facebook. Officers responding to a call of excessive noise by a small group of peop…