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Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges
Bergen County Hazmat Veteran From Paramus Busted On Child Porn Charges UPDATE: A longtime Bergen County senior environmental health specialist from Paramus was suspended without pay after authorities said they caught him with more than 1,000 files of child pornography. Nathan W. Glotzer, 66, was being held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before on charges of child endangerment by possessing child pornography. The files, found during a warranted search of Glotzer's home, “depicted nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. The county hired Glotzer in Septembe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15 Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15
Judge Releases Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Sexting Purported Girl, 15 UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack on Thursday allowed the release -- with conditions -- of a Ridgewood police officer accused of having sex chats on Tinder with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl but was really an undercover detective with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Peter J. Tuchol Jr., 28, can remain free until he's tried, pleads guilty or has the charges dropped, but he cannot have unsupervised visits with children nor use any dating apps or sites, Superior Court Judge Susan J. Steele ordered. He also had to surrender his firearm and passport and must report to probation servi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Update (Video): 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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Trying To Arrange Sex With What He Thought Was Girl, 15 Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Trying To Arrange Sex With What He Thought Was Girl, 15
Ridgewood Police Officer Charged With Trying To Arrange Sex With What He Thought Was Girl, 15 A Ridgewood police officer remained jailed after authorities said he had sex chats on Tinder with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl but was really an undercover detective with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Peter J. Tuchol Jr., 28, "arranged to meet with the purported 15-year-old girl to engage in sex," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Tuesday. A Monday night raid on Tuchol's home by Calo's Cyber Crimes Unit and local police turned up evidence, as well as steroids, a hypodermic syringe and medical drugs without prescriptions, he said. A judge in Hackensack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says
Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Bergen County cyber crimes detectives arrested a jeweler from West New York who they said was trafficking child porn online. A judge ordered Sezcan Gonturk, a 32-year-old Turkish national, released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law after a detention hearing last Friday, a day after his arrest. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said his Cyber Crimes Unit found Gonturk with more than 100 digital files “depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent children.” He also distributed more than 25 of the images, the prosecutor said. Gonturk is charged with possession and distrib…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online
Prosecutor: Franklin Lakes Ex-Con Had 1,160 Kiddie Porn Images, Chatted With Kids Online A sales clerk from Franklin Lakes caught with 1,160 images of child pornography had been having sexually explicit chats with youngsters, said authorities who are trying to find more possible victims. Matthew K. McKim, 31, who was arrested following a raid on his Summit Avenue home on Friday, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, records show. An investigation “revealed that McKim used the Internet to view and possess approximately 1,160 digital files depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, accessed online social media applications using the sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Teaneck Cook Had Sexually Explicit Exchanges With Englewood Teen Prosecutor: Teaneck Cook Had Sexually Explicit Exchanges With Englewood Teen
Prosecutor: Teaneck Cook Had Sexually Explicit Exchanges With Englewood Teen A 30-year-old cook from Teaneck had sexually explicit online chats with a young teen, said authorities who arrested him. Jose Solis Vargas was released pending a Dec. 5 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on child endangerment charges, records show. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Englewood and Teaneck police assisted his Cyber Crimes Task Force in the investigation and arrest of Vargas, who is married. They found that Vargas “exchanged messages and sexually explicit dialogue" with a victim between 13 and 16 years old "over the course of app…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lodi Man Had Cybersex With Child, Authorities Charge Lodi Man Had Cybersex With Child, Authorities Charge
Lodi Man Had Cybersex With Child, Authorities Charge LODI, N.J. – An unemployed Lodi man had cybersex with an underage child, said authorities who arrested him Thursday on local and federal charges. Aris Gungormez, 22, was taken into custody following a warranted search at his Avenue D home by detectives from the the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office. Both agencies collaborate on an investigation that found that he “used the Internet to view, possess, and attempt to distribute digital files depicting nude and sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Acting Bergen Coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department
Meet The New-Look River Vale Police Department RIVER VALE, N.J. – The new-look River Vale Police Department has six new officers hired over the past three months and six recently-promoted supervisors. “In order to continue the department's tremendous success, we must prepare for the future,” Mayor Glen Jasionowski said. “By hiring the best available police officers and promoting our most talented leaders, we have paved the way for a successful future.” The moves come on the heels of several recent and upcoming retirements of long-time department members. “This is a very exciting time for us,” Police Chief William Giordano said. “W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Lyndhurst Teacher Who Shared Sexual Images With Minors Has Creds Revoked Lyndhurst Teacher Who Shared Sexual Images With Minors Has Creds Revoked
Lyndhurst Teacher Who Shared Sexual Images With Minors Has Creds Revoked LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A former educator and coach at Lyndhurst High School who exchanged sexually explicit photos and videos with underage girls had his substitute teaching credential revoked, authorities said. Jonathan Jasinski quit his job as a substitute teacher, in-school suspension officer and assistant hockey and baseball coach before detectives charged him with child endangerment, former Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Members of Grewal’s Cyber Crimes Unit executed a warranted search of Jasinski’s home while investigating conduct that occurred while working at the school…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Fairview Laborer Charged With Trafficking Child Porn FAIRVIEW, N.J. – A Fairview laborer was trafficking child pornography, said authorities who arrested him. William J. Smith, 37, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a Feb. 14 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest a day earlier by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit. Detectives who raided Smith's Walker Street apartment found more then 100 digital files of nude and "sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. They charged him with…

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by Jerry DeMarco