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South Jersey Corrections Officer Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Girl Under 13 Years Old
A Cape May County corrections officer was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl younger than 13 years old, authorities said. A jury found 34-year-old Jonathan Perez guilty on four charges on Friday, Apr. 12, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said in a news release. He was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a minor, second-degree sexual assault, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The trial began on Monday, Mar. 18, more than a year after he was arrested. The girl reported the abuse "over an extended period of time" to st…
Police & Fire
High School Teacher From Point Pleasant Sexually Assaulted Student: Prosecutors
A Mercer County high school English teacher was accused of sexually assaulting a student, authorities said. Jessica Sawicki, 37, of Point Pleasant, was arrested for "having a sexual relationship" with a student, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Tuesday, Apr. 9. She was charged with five counts of second-degree sexual assault and five counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The investigation into the Hamilton High School West teacher began in early 2024. Investigators said Sawicki "engaged in s…
Police & Fire
Dad Charged With Murder In 9-Year-Old Son's Death Is Employed By Sayreville Schools: Officials
Charges have been upgraded for a New Jersey dad whose deceased 9-year-old son was found in a burning vehicle, authorities said. Manuel Rivera has been charged with second-degree aggravated arson, first-degree murder, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and second-degree desecration of human remains, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. According to Sayreville Schools Superintendent Richard Labbe, 43-year-old Rivera was employed by the district, and his son was a student at the Wilson School. The charges were filed in connection with an incident Thursday…
Police & Fire
NJ Rapist Who Impregnated Girl Under 13 Years Old Sentenced
A Millville man was sentenced to 40 years in New Jersey State Prison for sexual assault after impregnating a girl under 13 years old, authorities said. Justin Kuhl, 32, was arrested in September 2020 for assaulting the minor, resulting in her pregnancy, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Kuhl was later found guilty of two counts of First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault and two counts and Second Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and sentenced on Wednesday, March 27. The investigation was conducted by members of the New Jersey St…
Police & Fire
Online Gamer From NJ Urged Teen To Have Sexual Relationship With Relatives, Meet At Park: Cops
A Gloucester County man was accused of having sexually explicit conversations online with a teen who he asked to meet at a park near his home, authorities said. Jeremy Slickerman, 33, of West Deptford, was arrested at his home on Friday, March 15, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Tuesday, Mar. 19. Slickerman was charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The investigation began earlier in March after a referral from Middletown police to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Investigators said he inappropriately chatted with the 14-y…
Police & Fire
Child Found In 'Deplorable' Home, Cape May Pair In Custody: Authorities
A man and woman from Woodbine are facing charges after authorities found a child in their care living in "deplorable conditions," officials said. Wanda Storms, 64, and Kevin Storms, 35, are each charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced the charges on Tuesday, Jan. 23. State troopers made the horrifying discovery at the Marcellaro Road home while performing a welfare check on Sunday, Jan. 21, they said. Storms were arrested and released on a summons. Sutherland said the investigation is ongoing and pol…
Police & Fire
NJ Bus Monitor Charged In Death Of 6-Year-Old With Special Needs: Prosecutor
A New Jersey bus monitor has been arrested following the death of a 6-year-old girl who died during a bus ride this week, authorities said. Amanda Davila, 27, of New Brunswick, has been charged with second-degree Manslaughter, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, after fastening the harness of a child's wheelchair too tight, blocking her airway, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. An investigation found that Davila, who was assigned as the school bus monitor, had fastened the girl's 4-point harness that secures her to her wheelchair too "to become tight a…
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Two Jersey Shore Women Sentenced, Locked Child In Room 'Day And Night': Prosecutor
Two women have been sentenced to New Jersey State Prison in connection with endangering the welfare of a child who was locked in a bedroom day and night, authorities said. Helecia Morris, 41, of Brick Township, was sentenced to to eight years and Donna Jung, 57, of Lehigh Acres, Florida, to seven years in prison. Jung and Morris were found guilty of endangering on May 25, following a week-long jury trial. On Jan. 9, 2016, Officers from the Brick Township Police Department and representatives from the Division of Child Protection and Permanency responded to a residence on Queen An…
Police & Fire
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…
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NJ Army Major, Wife Who Abused Kids To Be Sentenced For 4th Time: Feds
A former Morris County Army major and his wife are set to be sentenced for the fourth time after being convicted of multiple accounts of endangering the welfare of five children they adopted. The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit ordered the resentencing on Monday, April 3, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey. John Jackson — formerly a major in the Army at the Picatinny Arsenal Installation in Morris County — and Carolyn Jackson were initially convicted in 2015. Carolyn was sentenced to 24 months in prison, while John received probation, acco…
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South Jersey Man Charged With Luring What He Thought Was A Child Online: Prosecutor
A 27-year-old man from Gloucester County has been arrested for trying to lure a child online, authorities said. Todd Merinuk of West Deptford was charged with two counts of attempted sexual assault, three counts of attempted endangering the welfare of a child and one count of attempted luring, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. About three weeks ago, detectives with the prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigating individuals trying to exploit children online connected with a subject via an anonymous social media plat…
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Lands Armed Man In Police Custody: Monmouth Prosecutor
An hours-long SWAT standoff in Monmouth County landed a 46-year-old man in police custody Sunday, Jan. 29, authorities said. A resident of Pine Valley Court showed up to the Holmdel police station to report a domestic incident involving Brian Piscopo around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. Approximately an hour after police arrived at the home, the Monmouth County Emergency Response Team (MOCERT), Monmouth County Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) and the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office were requested. Piscopo was taken to a local med…
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2-Year-Old Son Died Of Fentanyl Overdose, South Jersey Mother Charged: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old woman from Ocean County has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son, authorities said. Natalie Sabie, of Lacey Township, was charged in connection with a drug overdose death, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lacey Township Chief of Police Michael DiBella. Additionally, Sabie was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and possession of fentanyl, they said. On Sept. 7, Officers from the Lacey Township Police Department were summoned to a residence for a report of a two…
Police & Fire
Boyfriend Charged In 2-Year-Old Girl's Death In Central Jersey: Prosecutor
A 29-year-old Perth Amboy man has been charged with killing hi girlfriend’s daughter, authorities said. In addition, the mother of the child was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. On Tuesday, July 26,the Edison Police Department was contacted by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), an order to conduct a welfare check of Monique Durham’s twin 5-year-old daughters. As a result of communicating with the twins’ mother, Ms. Durham, local law enforcement referred the matter to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and a j…
Police & Fire
Burlington County Man Arrested For Having Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A 44-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Joshua Hudson, of Mount Laurel, was arrested on Wednesday, March 16 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener. Hudson was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, Coffina and Riedener said. Multiple electronic devices were seized and will be examined by members of the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit, they said. The investigation began in November afte…
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Burlington County Woman Gets 15 Years State Prison For Sexually Assaulting Child: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old woman from Burlington County has been sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey state prison for sexually assaulting a child in her home early last year, authorities said. Rachel Karngbaye of Willingboro pleaded guilty in September 2021 to second-degree sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. She was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. An investigation began in January 2021 after the victim’s mother contacted Willingboro police to report the assault, Coffina said. Additional details ar…
News
Unsupervised NJ Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan, Child Welfare Authorities Notified
A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized with a broken leg -- and child welfare authorities were notified -- after he dashed into an Elmwood Park street and was struck by a sedan Monday night, authorities said. Police notified the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency following the 6:45 p.m. accident, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Paterson youngster was unsupervised by an adult when he ran out from between two parked cars on Mola Boulevard near Elmwood Terrace and was struck by a 2006 Nissan Altima, Foligno explained. The boy was taken to St. Joseph's Region…
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'No One Listened': Mom Says She Tried To Protect Son Before NJ Dad's Abuse Killed Him
A 29-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection to his son's suspicious death, authorities said. Christopher Gregor of Barnegat reportedly surrendered to Barnegat police Friday, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The boy, identified by his mom, Breanna Micciolo, as Englishtown's Corey, Micciolo, was only 6 years old. Micciolo has launched a Change.org petition, where she said she had been pleading with child protective services to help get him away from his abuser -- his father. "No one listened or hel…
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'No One Listened': Mom Says She Tried To Protect Son Before NJ Dad's Abuse Killed Him
A 29-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection to his son's suspicious death, authorities said. Christopher Gregor of Barnegat reportedly surrendered to Barnegat police Friday, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The boy, identified by his mom, Breanna Micciolo, as Englishtown's Corey, Micciolo, was only 6 years old. Micciolo has launched a Change.org petition, where she said she had been pleading with child protective services to help get him away from his abuser -- his father. "No one listened or…
Police & Fire
Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say
A convicted sex offender who previously served jail time in Delaware has been newly indicted for sexually assault in South Jersey, authorities said. Scott J. Bicking, 54, of Paulsboro originally was charged in Gloucester and Cumberland counties in March for sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The latest assaults allegedly occurred several times in Woodbury and Vineland, police said. Bicking, who has been held in Cumberland County Correctional Facility, is due to appear in court on the new indictment on Wednesday. The indictment accuses Bicking of touching a boy's g…
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Update
: North Arlington Couple Found Dead Identified
UPDATE: A North Arlington couple from India were both found dead in what was believed to be a murder-suicide after a neighbor heard their 3½-year-old daughter crying, the husband’s father said. "My daughter-in-law was seven months pregnant," Bharat Rudrawar told the news agency Press Trust of India in Mumbai. "We had been to their house and were planning another trip to the US to be with them again.” Balaji Bharat Rudrawar, 32, and Arati Balaji Rudrawar, 30, were going to have a boy, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. She was in the third trimester, they said. …
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Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Police Officer, Sports Coach Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Child
A popular South Jersey youth sports coach and Ocean City police officer has been arrested for sexually assaulting a juvenile, authorities said. Sgt. Tyrone Rolls, 50, of Marmora turned himself into the Cape May Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday where he was charged and taken to Cape May County Correctional Center. Rolls remains employed by the Ocean City Police Department. His employment status will be determined after the city receives the official charges, a city spokesperson told NJ Advance Media, saying he is currently on administrative leave. Four years ago, Rolls received a key to …
Police & Fire
Substitute Teacher, 41, Had Sex With Teenage Student, Burlington Prosecutor Says
A 41-year-old substitute teacher from Burlington County has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a teenage student, authorities said. Kameelah Kareem of Willingboro was charged with second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon. She was released on Thursday after a hearing in Superior Court, Kareem was substitute teaching at Willingboro Township Public Schools at the time of the sexual assaults, they…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Tried To Buy Sex Images From Pre-Teen Girl
A man from South Jersey has been arrested after he tried to buy illicit photos and video from a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Nicholas D. Coffin, 24, of West Deptford Township, allegedly contacted a 12-year-old girl via social media and offered to pay her for illicit photos and videos, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. A Massachusetts police agency worked with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate. West Deptford Police and New Jersey State Police also assisted. A warranted search of Coffin’s home was made on Jan. 14 and he admitted owning a “s…
Police & Fire
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl
A fugitive wanted in a 2018 Union County sexual assault of a child was found in Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday. Jose A. Donis, 53, was taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Tuesday evening in the Whispering Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess said. Donis had been renting a room in the Plainfield building in which the victim lived when he sexually assaulted her from early June 2018 to late September of 2018, Ruotolo and Burgess said last month. A warrant was issue…
Police & Fire
Former NJ Catholic School Chaplain Charged With Endangering Welfare Of Students
A priest and former chaplain of a North Jersey Catholic school was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of six students, authorities announced Thursday. Salvatore DiStefano, 61, who most recently resided at Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church New Providence, is charged with engaging in a pattern of behavior that threatened the welfare of six Oratory Preparatory School students, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. DiStefano -- known to students as "Father Sal" -- was placed on leave last January pending an investigation. He is the fourth …
News
Support Surges For 5 Kids Of Hudson County EMT Killed In Arizona Murder-Suicide
The Hudson County community is rallying for five children whose mother and former North Bergen EMT was killed by her boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself. Jasmine Berumen, 39, was fatally shot in the family’s Arizona home Aug. 20. Four of Berumen’s five children were home during the incident, and one of them made the initial call to police, according to a GoFundMe started for the family. As of Monday afternoon, the fundraiser had garnered more than $10,200 in donations, which will be used to help Berumen’s mother, Annette, relocate and care for the children. “Annette and her husb…
Police & Fire
Former Warren County Man Gets 8 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Kids 6, 10
A former Warren County man was sentenced to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting two children, authorities said Tuesday. Herman Quintana was found guilty of sexually assaulting the kids between March 2015 and September 2016 in Phillipsburg, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. It is not clear how he knew them. Quintana, of Easton, PA, was later convicted of three counts each of sexual assault on a victim under the age of 13 and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Superior Court Judge H. Matthew Curry sentenced Quintana to eight years in pri…
Police & Fire
Franklin Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen
A Franklin woman is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile, authorities said. Crystal Seidner, 38, was arrested after authorities received a tip that the teen -- between ages 13 and 16 -- was assaulted at a local home in November 2018, Franklin police said. Seidner was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She was processed and released in accordance with the New Jersey bail reform act, pending an appearance in Sussex County Superior Court.
Police & Fire
Hung Jury Ends Child Sex Assault Trial Of North Jersey Business Owner
The child sex assault trial of a former construction company owner from Upper Saddle River ended with jurors in Hackensack unable to reach a verdict. Bergen County prosecutors said they will seek a new trial against Louis Tantillo, 55, following the mistrial. The jury of eight men and four women began deliberating Tuesday morning. Early Wednesday, they told Superior Court Judge Robert M. Vinci they didn't think they could reach the required unanimous decision. After a few more hours of deliberations, the judge accepted the deadlock. This comes after judges previously dismissed two indic…
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Jersey City Pastor Gets 8 Years For Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old Church Member
A Jersey City pastor accused of groping three people was sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting one of them -- a 10-year-old girl and member of his church, authorities in Hudson County said. Orlando Martinez-Chavez, 48, was also sentenced by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre to 18 months for criminal sexual contact against a second victim, as well as five years for endangering the welfare of a child for the third victim. The sentences will run concurrent to the eight-year sentence. The father of three and former pastor of Iglesia Pentecostal Lirio de los…
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