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Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef
Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef A Jersey City man who brutally stabbed a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home cut a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in exchange for a lesser sentence. Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, 24, could still get a minimum sentence of 10 years in state prison for the plea, entered in Superior Court in Hackensack earlier this week. Then there’s the matter of his citizenship. Police at the time said the Ecuadorian national was sitting on a curb, spattered with blood, when officers responding to a 911 call found a mortally wounded …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mexican National Living In Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Pre-Teens Mexican National Living In Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Pre-Teens
Mexican National Living In Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Pre-Teens A Mexican national who lives in Englewood sexually assaulted two different pre-teens on more than one occasion, authorities charged. Robert Martinez-Guzman, a 41-year-old married laborer, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, Feb. 21, following his arrest late last week, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his Special Victims Unit was alerted by Englewood police the day after Christmas last year. A joint investigation that followed produced four counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault against Martinez-Guzman, which records show stem from alleged …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens
ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens A Guatemalan national living in Maywood was charged with sexually assaulting two Palisade Park pre-teens. Jaime Ottoniel Roca, 41, fondled one of the victims over the course of two years while committing more invasive acts on another, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Both were under the age of 12 at the time and were sexually assaulted at least five times each, an investigation by borough detectives and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit. Roca told one of them that he touched the first victim's inner thigh and private area "in a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICE Puts Hold On Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens In Hackensack, Westwood ICE Puts Hold On Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens In Hackensack, Westwood
ICE Puts Hold On Contractor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens In Hackensack, Westwood A married contractor was charged with sexually assaulting two pre-teens in Hackensack and Westwood nearly five years ago. Francisco Barrera-Capistran, 36, who now lives in Homasassa, FL, was arrested in Westwood on Monday, Feb. 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail after ICE placed a detainer on him Tuesday amid questions about his immigration status. Jail records list him as a Mexican national. If a local judge orders his release for some reason -- say, bail reform -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has requested 48-hour …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Possible Witness In Dulce Alavez Case SEEN HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Possible Witness In Dulce Alavez Case
Seen HIM? Police Release Sketch Of Possible Witness In Dulce Alavez Case Authorities released a composite sketch of a man who may have been a witness in the case of a girl who vanished from a South Jersey park last month. The unidentified man was reportedly seen in Bridgeton City Park around the time Dulce Alavez, 5, went missing Sept. 16, local police said. The man was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a white baseball-style cap, and was with one or two children around five years old, local police said. He was reported as a Hispanic male around 5-feet, 7-inches with a slender build, between 30 and 35 years old, Bridgeton police said. "This com…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Workers At Elizabeth Car Wash Paid Below Minimum Wage, No OT Pay: Lawsuit Workers At Elizabeth Car Wash Paid Below Minimum Wage, No OT Pay: Lawsuit
Workers At Elizabeth Car Wash Paid Below Minimum Wage, No OT Pay: Lawsuit A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the workers at an Elizabeth car wash who were allegedly forced to work for significantly less than the minimum age and did not receive overtime pay despite working up to 70 hours a week or more. The state’s minimum wage was $8.60 an hour in 2018. Attorney Steven Arenson told WPIX 11 that workers at Caribbean Hand Car Wash would face retaliation if they complained about working conditions, including deportation. One of the longtime workers at the business, Carlos Pedronzo, was paid just $5 an hour and suffered two strokes on the job, incl…

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by Paul Milo