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Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn
Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn BREAKING NEWS: The son of a former judge who was removed from the bench for misconduct was busted on child porn charges following a raid on the family home in Waldwick, authorities confirmed on Friday. George M. Silebi, 27, “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 on Jan. 18. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided the Sheridan Avenue home of former Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi exactly a week earlier. From there they traveled to N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-CT Police Officer Being Held As Fugitive In Burglary Spree In NJ: Police Ex-CT Police Officer Being Held As Fugitive In Burglary Spree In NJ: Police
Ex-CT Police Officer Being Held As Fugitive In Burglary Spree In NJ: Police A former police officer in Connecticut was being held as a fugitive in New Jersey, in connection with a string of burglaries, authorities said. Connecticut State Police said only that Patrick Hemingway was being held in Essex County, and that the arrest warrant had not yet been served.  Hemingway is a former officer with the Glastonbury Police Department, who last week said only that one of their former officers is a person of interest in a burglary investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions. Hemingway, 37, was identified as the officer by CT Insider. Glastonbury Police Lt. Kevin …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Fugitive, 23, In Killings, Kidnapping Reportedly Compared Himself To Sandy Hook Shooter UPDATE: Fugitive, 23, In Killings, Kidnapping Reportedly Compared Himself To Sandy Hook Shooter
Update: Fugitive, 23, In Killings, Kidnapping Reportedly Compared Himself To Sandy Hook Shooter Authorities reportedly found a message in the apartment of accused Connecticut killer Peter Manfredonia in which he compared himself to the man who killed 26 people in the infamous Sandy Hook school shooting. "We saw what happened when Adam [Lanza] snapped," YourContent.com reported the message left on the wall said. "Now they see what happens when I snap.’ Authorities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut continued searching for Manfredonia on Monday after they said he left a woman he'd kidnapped unharmed in Paterson before continuing on to Pennsylvania in a car belonging to one of t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Car Used In CT Murder Suspect's 3-Day Rampage Found In NJ Near PA Border Car Used In CT Murder Suspect's 3-Day Rampage Found In NJ Near PA Border
Car Used In CT Murder Suspect's 3-Day Rampage Found In NJ Near PA Border The car used by a Connecticut college student suspected of killing two people during a three-day rampage was located in New Jersey near the Pennsylvania border, authorities said. Peter Menfredonia on Sunday was driving a stolen black Volkswagen Jetta with a sticker paying tribute to victims of the Sandy Hook massacre in his hometown of Newtown, where he played varsity football at Newtown High School. Manfredonia, 23, was believed to be armed with several firearms -- pistols and long guns -- and presumed dangerous, Connecticut State Police said. He was suspected of killing one person o…

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by Joe Lombardi & Cecilia Levine
News
Amber Alert Canceled After 11-Year-Old Area Boy Found Amber Alert Canceled After 11-Year-Old Area Boy Found
Amber Alert Canceled After 11-Year-Old Area Boy Found Update: The 11-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found, Connecticut State Police said late Sunday afternoon. Danny Maldonado-Medero of New Britain has been "located safe and is uninjured," police said. Additional information was not immediately released. Original report: An Amber Alert has been issued related to the abduction of an 11-year-old boy in Connecticut on Easter Sunday, April 1. The boy, Danny Maldonado-Medero, was abducted in New Britain and may be traveling in a white or silver Honda Ridgeline with an older body style. (The license plate nu…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car
Hawthorne Man Killed, Passenger From Paterson Hurt When Tree Falls On Car A 25-year-old motorist from New Jersey was killed Friday afternoon when a large tree fell on his car on the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County amid the damaging Nor'easter. Jonathan Rodriguez-Melendez of Hawthorne was traveling southbound near the Stamford-Greenwich border south of Exit 33 at about 1:20 p.m. amid rain and severe crosswinds when the tree fell on his Mini Cooper, Connecticut State Police said. Rodriguez-Melendez was pronounced dead at the scene. Francisco Berdecia, 33, of Paterson, New Jersey, a passenger in the vehicle, was transported to Greenwich Hospital with minor, non-…

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by Joe Lombardi