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Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact
Police & Fire
US Marshals Capture West New York Sex Assault Suspect In Hackensack
A West New York man was arrested on Friday, Aug. 9 and charged with sexually assaulting a woman in the town last month, authorities said. Carlos Ruiz Castro was apprehended in Hackensack by United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Saturday, July 27, at 1:30 a.m., a 40-year-old woman said Castro grabbed by her by the hair and sexually assaulted by her near Hudson Avenue and 51st Street, Suarez said. Castro was charged with aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated criminal sexual contact and…
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Hackensack Man Secretly Recorded Victim, Sexually Assaulted Child Repeatedly, Prosecutor Says
A Hackensack man has been arrested on accusations he secretly recorded a victim and sexually assaulted a child multiple times, authorities said. Braulio F. Toral, 52, became the center of an investigation on June 17, 2024, when Hackensack police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding an alleged incident of invasion of privacy, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation found that Toral had recorded one victim without their consent multiple times, in "circumstances in which one would not expect to be observed," Musella said. Toral also …
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Manhunt
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: Pre-Dawn Paterson Stalker Abducted, Robbed And Fondled Women, Authorities Say
UPDATE: An intense manhunt ended with the arrest of a Paterson ex-con who authorities said abducted, robbed and groped women at gunpoint before dawn in remote areas. A 27-year-old victim had told city police she was accosted near the corner of Market and East 22nd streets around 6 a.m. April. 20 by an armed man who forced her to a remote area near train tracks, took her valuables, then fondled her before fleeing. Three days later, a 28-year-old woman reported a similar incident occurring in the same area shortly after 5 a.m. City police identified Diquan A. West, 32, as the assailant and t…
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Coach From Nutley Awaiting Trial In Lodi Couple's Auto Deaths Charged With Child Sex Crimes
A youth strength and conditioning coach from Nutley who'd remained free while awaiting trial in the deaths of a couple in a horrific early-morning crash outside their Lodi home exposed a child in Bergen County to sexual conduct, authorities charged. Bergen County Prosecutor Musella announced the arrest of Donald Kumar Davis, 33, without specifying the actions he’s accused of. He did say two instances allegedly involved a child in Washington Township and a third involved a child in Wyckoff. New Jersey statutes define the charges listed in jail records against Davis as involving exposing or…
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Fort Lee Food Service Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
A married food service worker from Fort Lee was charged with sexually assaulting an underage teen, authorities said. Nelson Reyes Jr., 38, sexually abused the child, who was between 13 and 16 at the time, in Fort Lee, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday, July 6. Records show Nelson was arrested on aggravated assault and illegal weapons charges in Fort Lee in July 2019. A judge released him after two days under New Jersey’s bail reform law. The outcome of the case couldn’t immediately be determined. This time was different. Reyes was arrested last Friday, June 30, follo…
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Bayonne Man Gave 2 Girls Alcohol Then Sexually Assaulted 1 In Back Seat Of Car: Prosecutor
A Bayonne man was arrested for giving two girls alcoholic beverages and then sexually assaulting one of them, authorities said. Michael Serrano, 29, gave the 14- and 15-year-old girls alcoholic drinks, then parked behind a building on Lefante Way and sexually assaulted the 14-year-old in the back of the car on July 16, 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was arrested on Monday, Feb. 14 on charges of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Contact, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child. He was arrested at the Hudson …
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Oakland Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Kids
An unemployed Oakland man sexually assaulted two pre-teens, authorities said Wednesday. Leonel DeJesus-Alvarado, 36, was arrested after Oakland police received a 911 call Monday that the child had been illegally touched at a local residence, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation with the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit determined that he “sexually touched one juvenile on one occasion and another juvenile on multiple occasions,” Musella said. DeJesus-Alvarado, of Riverside Drive, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Centr…
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Guest Helped Armed Robbers Who Broke Into Montclair Home During Party: PD
A 20-year-old Montclair man was accused of working with two teens who broke into an apartment during a party and held up guests at gunpoint, police said. Officers responded to the Pine Street home around 10 p.m. Friday, where they spoke with a victim and Jonathan Funderburk. Two people in masks burst into the apartment shortly after Funderburk got there, and one checked the victim's bra, possibly for cash, she told police. Many of the guests and the two suspects left before police arrived. Other officers responding to the call spotted two people who matched descriptions provided…
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Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14
A 14-year-old Maywood girl was sexually abused by a Belleville man, said authorities show arrested him. Carlos Cardenas, 40, of Belleville was arrested by borough detectives after investigating a claim from another law enforcement agency that the girl was victimized in town last summer, Police Chief Joseph Natale said. Cardenas was released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment.
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Manhattan IT Company Owner From Leonia Charged With Raping Palisades Park Woman
The Leonia owner of a midtown Manhattan IT company was charged with raping an incapacitated woman from Palisades Park. Euiseok Lee, 51, sexually assaulted the woman, who physically unable to prevent the attack, in the early morning hours Monday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo's Special Victim’s Unit and Leonia police arrested Lee him later that day. Currently the president and CEO of Digitem Inc., Lee worked for 16 years for Oracle, the multi-national computer technology company based in California. A judge in Central Judicial Processing…
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Prosecutor: Lodi Teacher, Mayor's Daughter Charged In Student Sex Case
Authorities arrested a 32-year-old Lodi middle school teacher who they said exchanged sexual photos and engaged in "inappropriate sexual conduct" with a student under 16 years old. Stephanie Carafa, 32, is a teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School and the daughter of longtime borough mayor Emil Carafa. She was arrested Saturday on charges of child endangerment and aggravated criminal sexual contact, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A detention hearing is scheduled for Nov. 2 in Hackensack.
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Englewood Man, 70, Charged With Touching, Kissing Underage Girl
A 70-year-old Englewood man was jailed after a juvenile told investigators he touched her on her upper inner thighs several times and kissed her lower back and neck, authorities said. Anthony Romain remained held in the Bergen County Jail following a first appearance Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said investigators with his Special Victims Unit and Englewood police arrested Romain on Thursday after receiving a report a week earlier. Romain is charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment.
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