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Boy, 14, Was Behind Threat To 'Shoot Up' Bergen Community College Made On TikTok: Prosecutor Boy, 14, Was Behind Threat To 'Shoot Up' Bergen Community College Made On TikTok: Prosecutor
Boy, 14, Was Behind Threat To 'Shoot Up' Bergen Community College Made On TikTok: Prosecutor A 14-year-old Bergen County juvenile has been charged with making terroristic threats and filing a false public alarm after posting a threat about a shooting at Bergen Community College on TikTok, authorities said. The investigation began on Friday, Dec. 6, when members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office received information about a suspicious post on TikTok that mentioned the intent to “shoot up” Bergen Community College on Dec. 16, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Authorities quickly notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Threat Management Unit, which began working with the FBI to …
Bergen County Top Cop Turned Private Investigator Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor Bergen County Top Cop Turned Private Investigator Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor
Bergen County Top Cop Turned Private Investigator Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor The 69-year-old former chief of the Bergen County Sheriff's Department and now-private investigator has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Stephen Bojekian was charged after a search of his Franklin Lakes home on Thursday, Oct. 17, according to Bergen County Mark Musella. Investigators found that Bojekian "used the Internet to view, download, and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Musella said. He has been charged with third-degree possession of child pornography and lodged in the Morris County Jail. Bojek…
Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges
Tenafly Council President And Son Jailed On Child Porn Charges Tenafly Council President Jeffrey D. Grossman and his son, Steven, were both arrested and jailed on child pornography charges following a raid on the family home on Thursday. Shock waves were felt in the borough as well as in Rochelle Park, where Jeff Grossman, 65, is an elementary school teacher and his 24-year-old son a substitute teacher. Both men “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Their Oct. 11 arrests stem from an investigation by members of Mu…
NJ Celebrity Hairstylist Charged With Trafficking Child Porn, Worked On 'Mrs. Maisel,' More NJ Celebrity Hairstylist Charged With Trafficking Child Porn, Worked On 'Mrs. Maisel,' More
NJ Celebrity Hairstylist Charged With Trafficking Child Porn, Worked On 'Mrs. Maisel,' More A Bergen County hairstylist to the stars is charged with trafficking more than 450 child sex abuse images, authorities said. Daniel Koye, 40, of Rutherford, was seized by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Jan. 28 in Atlanta after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office obtained a warrant for his arrest, they said. He's been held since then in the Clayton County Jail in Jonesboro, GA pending extradition to New Jersey, records show. Authorities began looking for Koye following a warranted search at his Ettrick Terrace apartme…
Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn
Man Who Lives Near Closter Grade School Charged With Collecting, Sharing Child Porn A 26-year-old college student who lives around the corner from a Closter grade school was caught trafficking child porn, authorities said. John S. Soh was charged following a warranted raid at his home just off Houmans Avenue near the PK-4 Hillside Elementary School late last week, authorities said. Soh had “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit charged Soh with possession and distribution of child porn…
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible
Bergen Prosecutor: Man Living Near School Forced Kids To Send Nude Pics, Other Victims Possible A man who lives steps from an East Rutherford grammar school exchanged obscene photos with juveniles, threatened to share images of those who wouldn’t send him more and deleted nude photos of a 14-year-old girl after investigators got wise to him, authorities said. And that's not all. There may be additional victims, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Damien Imbriano, a 22-year-old facilities coordinator, “used the Internet to engage in conduct (that) would debauch the morals of a child, sent obscene material to a child, and engaged in extortion by threatening to share se…
Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe
Teaneck Man, 22, Busted In Child Porn Probe An unemployed Teaneck man was charged with collecting and viewing child porn. Adam S. Rutman, 22, who lives on a quiet street off Queen Anne Road near Route 4 and Teaneck High School, “used the Internet to view, download and possess files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was charged with possession of child pornography and released pending court action following his arrest by members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit. The prosecutor thanked Teaneck police for their assistance, as well as members of the…
Child Porn Probe Nets Mahwah Man Child Porn Probe Nets Mahwah Man
Child Porn Probe Nets Mahwah Man An unemployed Mahwah man was caught collecting and trafficking child porn, authorities said. Christopher Troiano, 37, was arrested after Cyber Crimes Unit investigators raided his Konight Court home in the Pond Meadow Condominiums between Pulis and Fardale avenues, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Troiano “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1000 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. He shared them too, the prosecutor said. Troiano remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pendi…
Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On Bergen Pre-Teen, Possibly Others Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On Bergen Pre-Teen, Possibly Others
Prosecutor: Florida Cyber-Predator Preyed On Bergen Pre-Teen, Possibly Others Detectives from Bergen County seized a security guard in Florida who they said created various identities to have sex chats with a local pre-teen whom he tried to extort into sending him pornographic images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives found that “several different online personalities engaged the same child victim in separate conversations, some of which contained sexually explicit content and dialogue,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. All of the social media accounts used to contact the Bergen County child were controlled by Jason J. Campbell, 31, of Orlando, the pr…
Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges
Hackensack Man Formerly Of Englewood Busted On Child Porn Charges A security guard from Hackensack was arrested on child porn charges, authorities confirmed. Emery Taylor, 34, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 1,000 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Taylor following a raid Friday of his home in the Park Lane Apartments on Union Street, the prosecutor said. Taylor, formerly of Englewood, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Centra…
Prosecutor: Wallington Pizzeria Owner From New Milford Touched, Sexted Teens, Are There More? Prosecutor: Wallington Pizzeria Owner From New Milford Touched, Sexted Teens, Are There More?
Prosecutor: Wallington Pizzeria Owner From New Milford Touched, Sexted Teens, Are There More? A Wallington pizzeria owner from New Milford sexually touched at least three underage teens while trying to get them to have intercourse with him, authorities charged. Investigators were trying to determine whether Juan Cuello-Pina, 30, had contact with any other possible victims, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A judge in Hackensack released Cuello-Pina on Tuesday after he was booked into the Bergen County Jail on four counts of criminal sexual contact and child endangerment hours earlier. That has raised concerns among some parents in town. Cuello-Pina, who’s married, s…
NJ: Montclair Retiree Shared Sex Chats, Child Porn Pics With Boys, Tried To Lure One NJ: Montclair Retiree Shared Sex Chats, Child Porn Pics With Boys, Tried To Lure One
NJ: Montclair Retiree Shared Sex Chats, Child Porn Pics With Boys, Tried To Lure One A Montclair retiree had sex chats with underage boys, sent them pornographic images and even tried to lure one to have sex with him, said authorities who urged any other potential victims to come forward. An unidentified social media service tipped off authorities that Keith Matheis, 67, had messaged a child exploitation file to someone, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. The Elmwood Park native, it turned out, “engaged in sexually explicit chats with multiple users he believed were under 16 years old,” Grewal said. He also “arranged to meet one suspected minor chi…
Prosecutor: Bergen Dealer Who Sold More Meth After Release Caught With 4,600 Child Porn Images Prosecutor: Bergen Dealer Who Sold More Meth After Release Caught With 4,600 Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: Bergen Dealer Who Sold More Meth After Release Caught With 4,600 Child Porn Images A Washington Township crystal meth dealer who went right back to selling after he was released on drug charges was found with 4,618 files of child porn on separate devices, authorities said. Michael Rosen, 32, was identified as selling drugs online in July, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Members of Musella’s Narcotics Task Force arrested Rosen in August after he sold crystal meth to an undercover detective several times, Musella said. They also charged him with having GHB and Xanax and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in H…
Bergen Mailman Charged With Collecting 2,900 Child Porn Files Bergen Mailman Charged With Collecting 2,900 Child Porn Files
Bergen Mailman Charged With Collecting 2,900 Child Porn Files A 65-year-old letter carrier from Ridgefield Park was arrested Monday and charged with handling more than 2,900 child porn images. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives and village police seized John Bianchini during a warranted search of his Highland Place home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectves also seized 11 ounces of pot, he said. Bianchini was targeted after an investigation found that he “used the Internet, including the ‘Dark Web’ (also referred to as the ‘Darknet’), to view, download, or possess approximately 2,908 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit p…
COVID-19, Black Friday A 'Super Bowl' Combo For Newest Scams, Here's How To Not Get Beat COVID-19, Black Friday A 'Super Bowl' Combo For Newest Scams, Here's How To Not Get Beat
Covid-19, Black Friday A 'Super Bowl' Combo For Newest Scams, Here's How To Not Get Beat WATCH OUT: The combination of COVID-19 and Black Friday creates the ultimate game for criminals who are skilled at robbing online customers blind, New Jersey's top law enforcer warned. The opportunities for cashing in at your expense this week is "like the Super Bowl for cyber criminals," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. "They are good at the game and have had time to practice and rehearse each play.”  Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs warned consumers to watch out for new online scams and a slew of cyber-attacks as the holiday shopping season kicks off on w…
Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say
Oklahoma Rapist Who Took Bus To NJ For Sex With Underage Girls Busted In Sting, Authorities Say A convicted rapist who took a bus from Oklahoma to New Jersey for what he thought would be sex with an 11- and 12-year-old girl was caught in a joint state-federal sting, authorities said. New Jersey State Police detectives and special U.S. Homeland Security agents arrested Aaron Craiger, 33, at an Atlantic City motel this week, they said. Craiger planned to meet two men he thought were bringing their daughters to have sex with him, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and State Police Supt. Col. Patrick Callahan said Friday. “Craiger had condoms with him, as well as a small amount of marijua…
Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats
Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats A 16-year-old boy called in several bogus threats of bombs at schools in Hackensack and Paramus last week, said authorities who took him into custody. The boy blocked his caller ID to place six calls to several area police apartments last Thursday and Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The bogus theats brought Paramus and Hackensack police and firefighters, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to the sites, he said. It didn’t take long for Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit to identify the caller, the prosecutor said. They took the boy i…
Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14 Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14
Middlesex Child Molester Gets 5 Years For Trying To Hook Up With ‘Boy,’ 14 A convicted child molester from Middlesex County was sentenced to five years in state prison Friday for trying to lure a 14-year-old “boy” – actually an undercover detective -- to a local park for sex. Harold Gordner, 42, of Highland Park, admitted last September that he had sexually explicit chats and sent naked photos of himself, along with links to porn videos, to what turned out to be a New Jersey State Police investigator trolling social media for predators. Gordner, who already was registered as a Megan’s Law sex offender, “asked several times whether he could send a car service to pi…
Auto Body Repairman From Lyndhurst Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography Auto Body Repairman From Lyndhurst Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography
Auto Body Repairman From Lyndhurst Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography An auto body repairman from Lyndhurst was caught with hundreds of files of child pornography, dozens of which he shared, said authorities who arrested him. Cawley Hawkins, 30, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit found that Hawkins “used the Internet to view, download, and possess approximately 223 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children” and shared 52 them. The files were found during a warranted search of his …
Ridgefield Man Who Trafficked Child Porn Gets 5 Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison Ridgefield Man Who Trafficked Child Porn Gets 5 Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison
Ridgefield Man Who Trafficked Child Porn Gets 5 Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison A Ridgefield man must spend the next five years in federal prison for collecting and distributing videos and other images of child sex abuse. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Malcolm Salamanca, 29, will have to serve the entire term handed down Monday by U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark. Salas also sentenced Salamanca to five years of supervised release and imposed a special assessment of $10,000 under the Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act. He’ll also have to register as a sex offender. Salamanca admitted in August using a peer-to-peer file-shar…
Local Mechanic Charged With Bergen Community College, Saddle Brook Business Bomb Threats Local Mechanic Charged With Bergen Community College, Saddle Brook Business Bomb Threats
Local Mechanic Charged With Bergen Community College, Saddle Brook Business Bomb Threats Authorities charged an 18-year-old mechanic from Saddle Brook with calling in bomb threats to Bergen Community College on Monday and a business in town last month -- neither of which they said ultimately were considered genuine. Nicholas Donnarumma, who isn't a student at BCC but apparently knows some, admitted making the calls when confronted by authorities, a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. Donnarumma was arrested Wednesday, processed at the Bergen County Jail on two counts each of making terroristic threats and causing a false public alarm and released pending a Dec. 4 hearing i…
Prosecutor: Northvale Man With Child Porn Stash Had Sex Chats, Got Pics From Underage Girls Prosecutor: Northvale Man With Child Porn Stash Had Sex Chats, Got Pics From Underage Girls
Prosecutor: Northvale Man With Child Porn Stash Had Sex Chats, Got Pics From Underage Girls A 23-year-old Northvale electrician created a bogus identity to have online sex chats with two underage girls whom he convinced to send him nearly two dozen “nude or sexually explicit” photos of themselves, authorities charged. Ronald S. “Ronnie” Rovito Jr. used the screen names “buyingnudes2019,” “whoop_w,” or “ncruzan,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. Detectives with Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Rovito’s parents’ Paris Avenue home on Wednesday and discovered that he’d “used the Internet to view, download, or possess approximately 390 digital files depicting nude…
Elmwood Park Man, 20, Charged With Having 18,806 Child Porn Files, Sharing 8,215 Elmwood Park Man, 20, Charged With Having 18,806 Child Porn Files, Sharing 8,215
Elmwood Park Man, 20, Charged With Having 18,806 Child Porn Files, Sharing 8,215 An unemployed Elmwood Park man was caught with 18,806 child pornography files, many of which he shared with others, authorities said. Justin K. Kinchen, 20, was taken into custody following a raid at his home in the Elmwood Terrace apartments, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators found the trove of images “depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said, 8,215 of which he “used several social media and file-sharing applications to share with others.” Kinchen remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pe…
Prosecutor: Lodi Drill Operator, 27, Had Sex Chats With Girls, Added Their Pics To 800 Others Prosecutor: Lodi Drill Operator, 27, Had Sex Chats With Girls, Added Their Pics To 800 Others
Prosecutor: Lodi Drill Operator, 27, Had Sex Chats With Girls, Added Their Pics To 800 Others RECOGNIZE HIS SCREEN NAME? Suspecting there may be more victims, authorities turned to the public after arresting a Lodi drill operator who they said had sex chats with two underage girls who gave him images for his child porn collection. Patrick W. Passenti, a 27-year-old drill operator who works in Kenilworth, remained free pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography and child endangerment. Passenti shared 128 of the files he’d collected “depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pu…
Prosecutor: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images Prosecutor: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: 5th Grade Teacher Had Dozens Of Child Porn Images A Tenafly elementary school teacher was arrested by investigators who found five dozen child pornography images belonging to him stored on a cloud, authorities confirmed Friday. Pasquale Bernaldo-Antonelli, 42, remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment by possessing and/or viewing images of child pornography and/or abuse following his arrest the day before by detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella's office. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators traced a child-porn complaint from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January to…
Deadline To Register For River Vale Junior Police Academy: This Friday Deadline To Register For River Vale Junior Police Academy: This Friday
Deadline To Register For River Vale Junior Police Academy: This Friday Want to see a SWAT unit and bomb squad in action? Visit inmates at the county jail? See Metlife Stadium from behind the scenes? Time is running out to register for the 2019 River Vale Junior Police Academy: The deadline is this Friday, Oct. 4. Registration is ONLINE ONLY: www.RiverValeNJ.org The academy is open to River Vale residents in the 7th and 8th grades who will: learn about cyber crimes;  test your skills as an eyewitness;  participate in a mock airplane hostage rescue at the Federal Air Marshal service training center;  take a behind-the-scenes tour of MetLife …
Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files
Prosecutor: Wood-Ridge Man, 19, Gathered 600 Child Porn Files A 19-year-old Wood-Ridge man collected 600 child porn images from the Dark Web, authorities charged. Jha Harezod remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending an Aug. 28 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his Cyber Crimes Unit seized hundreds of files “depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” during a raid Wednesday at Harezod’s Johnson Drive home. He got them through a collection of websites on an encrypted network that can't be found using traditional search engines …
Ridgefield Man, 29, Admits Trafficking Child Porn Videos, Photos Ridgefield Man, 29, Admits Trafficking Child Porn Videos, Photos
Ridgefield Man, 29, Admits Trafficking Child Porn Videos, Photos A Ridgefield man admitted in federal court Friday that he collected and distributed videos and other images of child sex abuse. Malcolm Salamanca, 29, will have to serve the entire term when he’s sentenced Dec. 2 in U.S. District Court in Newark. There no parole in the federal prison system. He’ll also have to register as a sex offender. Salamanca admitted using a peer-to-peer file-sharing program to download and share the images, some of which undercover agents with the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations took from his computer during a November 2017 raid. U…
Bergenfield IT Manager Charged With Uploading Child Porn Bergenfield IT Manager Charged With Uploading Child Porn
Bergenfield IT Manager Charged With Uploading Child Porn An IT manager from Bergenfield uploaded more than 1,000 images of child porn, authorities said. Jason Prashad, 45, was arrested by cyber crimes detectives who during a warranted raid of his Legion Manor apartment, found that he'd opened files "depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Prashad, who is single, was charged with possession of child pornography. He was released pending a July 17 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bra…