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'Sleep With One Eye Open:' Paterson Officer's Charges Detailed In Affidavit
More information has come to light in the arrest of a 38-year-old Paterson police officer. Alberto Sanabria was indicted by a grand jury on one count of third-degree terroristic threats, one count of fourth-degree cyber harassment, and one count of fourth-degree stalking, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announced on Monday, Aug. 12. The affidavit for probable cause obtained by Daily Voice says Sanabria sent the following message to his ex-girlfriend: “Hello remember me you got me fired from [redacted]. Just want to let you know I hope you sleep with one eye open from now o…
Police & Fire
Paterson Officer Released Pending Trial On Stalking, Cyber Harassment Charges: Prosecutor
A 38-year-old Paterson police officer has been indicted by a grand jury on domestic violence charges, authorities said. Alberto Sanabria was indicted on on one count of third-degree terroristic threats, one count of fourth-degree cyber harassment, and one count of fourth degree stalking, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Police did not release details in Sanabria's arrest. Sanabria was released on a summons and is expected to appear before Superior Court Judge Barbara Buono Stanton on Aug. 19.
Police & Fire
MRI Tech Terrorizes People By Posing As Them Online, Mailing Letter To One: Bergen Prosecutor
An MRI tech from Hudson County terrorized a number of people, including by mailing letters to one victim’s job in Bergenfield, said authorities who arrested him on Monday. Sarju Patel, 39, who lives at Half Moon Harbour on River Road in North Bergen, already had a criminal history that stretches back nearly two decades, records show. This time, the Bergenfield native created social media accounts that “used vanity names in the likeness of the victims, posted photographs of the victims [and] ‘checked-in’ online at various locations associated with the victims,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark …
Police & Fire
Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges
A man who'd been previously accused of threatening Fair Lawn police and families on social media is back in custody after authorities said he took it to another level. Brandon M. Hernandez, 29, is now charged with threatening to "bomb and shoot" New Jersey Child Protection and Permanency buildings and Superior Court judges in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced in a news release that Cyber Crimes Unit detectives from his office began investigating a "pattern of social media posts" by Hernandez last November. He specifically cited NJCP&P buil…
Police & Fire
Wanted Robber, Sex Offender, Others Captured By Passaic Sheriff's Fugitive Squad
Seven fugitives wanted on outstanding warrants were captured by Passaic County sheriff's officers during a two-day sweep, authorities said. Members of the Fugitive Warrant Division conducted the sweep, assisted by their colleagues from the Bureau of Narcotics, uniformed patrol division, ERT, K9 and others, Passaic Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said on Thursday, June 8. One of the fugitives, Ramier M. Free, 29, took off on foot when he saw the detectives approaching the corner of East 18th Street and 17th Avenue, the sheriff said. They quickly caught Free, who was wanted for skipping court on …
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Stalker From Fort Lee Threatens Officer, Family In Old Tappan: Police
A law enforcement officer in Old Tappan and his family were threatened by an online stalker from Fort Lee, authorities said following her arrest. Sammie E. Kim, 46, directed threats and harassment at the officer and family from various anonymous social media accounts over the course of several months, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph Tracy said on Thursday, April 13. An arrest warrant was approved by a local judge after Old Tappan Police Detective Sgt. Charles DiMaria identified Kim as the source, the chief said. Fort Lee police took Kim into custody and turned her over to their Old Tappan c…
Police & Fire
Troll Busting CEO Says He Was Swatted At NJ Home
A Hudson County man who founded a Twitter troll-busting company says the trolls got the best of him. Christopher Bouzy, the CEO of Bot Sentinel, says he was swatted by trolls who called police and reported "yelling, stomping, and screaming" coming from his North Bergen home on Sunday, Nov 27. Two North Bergen officers responded to the Neadowview Avenue home around 1:15 p.m. "on a report of a child screaming," North Bergen Police Capt. David Dowd told Hudson County View. The officers did not see anyone in need of help, the captain said. Dowd noted his department is investigating, a…
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Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor
Nearly 3½ years behind bars made little difference to a compulsive cyber-stalker from Bergen County who went right back after his victim just months after being released, authorities charged. Daniel Pfeiffer, 33, of Old Tappan was originally convicted several years ago of posting fake nude photos and bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated more than a decade ago. He ended up serving 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after taking a plea deal. No sooner was he released than he was back at it, victimizing the same woman in October 2019, authorities charged. Pfeiffer took another …
Police & Fire
Guilty
: Sussex County Resident Admits Harassing 13-Year-Old Girl On Social Media
A Sussex County resident admitted in court to harassing a 13-year-old girl on social media, authorities announced. Elizabeth A. Hogoboom-Szluka, 45, pleaded guilty to cyber-harassment in Sussex County court, Prosecutor Francis A. Koch said in a release on Wednesday, June 29. Hogoboom-Szluka, of Branchville, admitted to sending “indecent or lewd” comments to the 13-year-old girl on social media with the intention of harassing her, Koch said. Hogoboom-Szluka is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 8. Hogoboom-Szluka was represented by William Oake, Esq., while the state was represen…
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Man Sought For Stalking, Terroristic Threats, Cyber Harassment: Hackettstown Police
Authorities in Hackettstown are seeking the public’s help locating a man wanted for stalking, terroristic threats, and other serious charges. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Anthony R. Hope, 32, with charges for stalking, cyber harassment, and terroristic threats, Hackettstown Police said in a release on Thursday, June 23. Hope’s last known address was 30 Worlds Fair Dr. in Franklin Township, Somerset County, police said. He is described as a Black male with brown eyes and black hair standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 168 pounds. Press Release (6/23/22): An…
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Morris County Teens Sent Intimate Photo, Made Harassing Statements To Victim: Police
A pair of Morris County teens who allegedly shared an intimate photo of another juvenile and made harassing statements are facing charges, authorities announced. The Long Valley teens shared an "intimate picture” of another juvenile alongside harassing statements on Monday, May 9, Washington Township Police Chief Jeffrey Almer said in a release on Tuesday, May 24. The teens were issued a juvenile complaint for cyber harassment and are scheduled to appear in Morris County Family Court.
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': Bergen County Man Threatened Girl To Send Him Nude Pics, Authorities Charge
A 19-year-old Montvale man was arrested and charged with trying to blackmail a younger girl into sending him sexually explicit photos, authorities said. Cristian Lanius told the girl, 17, in February that he "already had other photos of her and would release them to followers of her Instagram page if she did not comply," Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. An investigation by Detective Sgt. Andrew Fedick led to Lanius's arrest during a motor vehicle stop on Wednesday, March 23, the chief said. Lanius remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Ju…
Schools
NJ Teacher Taunts 'Pedophile' Colleague, Makes Bomb Threats Against School On LinkedIn
A New Jersey teacher said he was trying to fight cyber bullies when he posted bomb threats against his middle school, and was seeking justice when he posted death threats against another teacher to his LinkedIn page earlier this month. Shafayeth Syed, a first-year science teacher at William Davie Middle School in Hamilton Township, told 6abc he found two "problematic" social media pages — one that showed students filming each other using the bathroom — and raised his concerns with administration. Unhappy with how school officials handled the situation, Syed took matters into his own ha…
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NJ Man Indicted For Sending Explicit Photos Of Teen To Her Friends, Family: Prosecutor
A 38-year-old man from Jersey City has been indicted for distributing illicit photos of a minor who allegedly shunned him, authorities. An 18-count indictment, handed up by a Monmouth County Grand Jury, charges David Lopez with soliciting illicit photos and videos from a teenage girl, then distributing them to members of her family in retaliation for her threatening to break off contact with him, authorities said. He was charged with first-degree manufacturing child sexual abuse materials, multiple counts of endangering the welfare of of a child, making terroristic&…
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Bergen Prosecutor: Twice-Convicted Stalker Strikes Again
A convicted stalker who was released from state prison earlier this year after victimizing the same woman twice was arrested after doing it yet again, Bergen County authorities said. Christopher Greig, 39, of Clifton was responsible for more than 20 “anonymous alarming phone calls and multiple text messages” -- using technology that scrambled his caller ID -- over the course of five weeks, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Formerly of Hawthorne, Greig has a rap sheet that includes numerous arrests for stalking and/or harassment in several Bergen County towns, as wel…
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Jersey City Temp Charged With Trying To Extort Children On Gaming App To Send Him Nude Pics
A Jersey City man tried to extort children he met on a gaming app to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves, a state grand jury indictment charges. Ndachi I. Ndungu, 25, was among 31 men charged in a three-month roundup of accused predators, pedophiles and perverts after investigators learned that he'd tried to extort a 12-year-old girl into sending him nude photos of herself, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Further investigation by New Jersey State Police and state Division of Criminal Justice detectives found that Ndungu also chatted on Discord …
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Police: Parolee Who Killed Jersey Shore Ex's Son, 4, Jailed After Assaulting Bergen Woman
A parolee who served time for killing an ex-girlfriend's 3-year-old son remained jailed Monday after police charged him with assaulting a South Hackensack woman and posting nude photos of her on Instagram. Corey Fitzgerald, 39, had previously dated the victim, authorities said. She had gone to police seeking complaints for harassment and cyber harassment after Fitzgerald posted the photos on a bogus Instagram account, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. The victim was completing a statement when she disclosed that he'd also choked her, the sergeant said. Complaints were sent to Hoboken p…
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Man Accused Of Posing As Child, 11, To Harass Fort Lee PD
A man accused of threatening several law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community on Long Island pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against police in Fort Lee, authorities said. Bradley Goldberg, 47, of Cedarhurst, LI, used a voice modifier and untraceable “spoof” numbers as part of the assault, a police complaint charges. Goldberg falsely reported "child abuse, neglect and attempted murder" of the youngster to Fort Lee police several times over a three-week period in March, the complaint obtained by Daily Voice says. Even thou…
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Ridgewood Ex-Con Charged With Cyber-Harassment For Messages On Facebook, Elsewhere
A Ridgewood ex-con was arrested after he ignored a restraining order and continued sending a woman messages online, authorities said. Dereck Peter Miller, 43, is charged with invasion of privacy, harassment, cyber-harassment and contempt, among other counts. Miller has served several years in state prison the past two decades for convictions on a variety of offenses, including robbery, burglary and theft, records show. Miller more recently called the victim "very suggestive names" in messages through Facebook and other online applications, according to a police report. He remained held Mo…
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Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom
Detectives were investigating racially biased Instagram posts by a Glen Rock High School student when the teenage bigot struck again, this time targeting another classmate over gender identity on Zoom, authorities said. Detectives were a month into their investigation of racial bias when administrators at the high school showed them “questionable comments” entered during a school Zoom session, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The comment “appeared to target another student over their gender identity,” the chief said Monday. Using information provided by the teenage victims and the school’…
Police & Fire
NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest
"Last night a tear finally escaped, but this incident will not change me." That's what the black owner of a beloved Bayonne bookshop had to say following the latest incident of racial bias at her shop -- The Little BOHO Bookstore on Broadway -- in which a 59-year-old Hoboken man was arrested. The most recent incident involved a pair of harassing emails and a threatening phone call, which all came in on Friday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. While detectives were at the Broadway shop investigating on Saturday morning, a man later identified as Qiuewn Zheng, 59, showed up muttering …
Police & Fire
Police: Fair Lawn Man Threatened Officers, Families
A Fair Lawn man accused of fighting with and spitting on police threatened borough officers and their families on social media after a judge released him, authorities said. Paterson police captured Brandon Michael Hernandez, 25, and turned him over to Fair Lawn police on an arrest warrant on Friday. Hernandez was arrested last month after police said he violated an order of protection and led them on a brief chase. He fought with and spit on the officers before being subdued, sending one of them to the hospital, they said at the time. Hernandez – who records show has violated protection o…
Police & Fire
Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges
A convicted public masturbator from Montvale was back in jail, this time after being arrested on weapons charges. Borough police took Marty Napoleon, 38, into custody after finding him with brass knuckles when they responded to his home on a harassment complaint last Thursday, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday after a judge initially denied his release. Napoleon spent eight days in the county lockup less than a month ago after Upper Saddle River police said he spot on one officer and tried to head butt another. They'd caught him tre…
Police & Fire
Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid
A 23-year-old Dean's List student tried to blackmail a victim using child pornography, said New Jersey State Police who arrested him during an early-morning raid at his Closter home. Pritkumar Patel, who recently attended Berkeley College, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. He's charged with: Cyber harassment by sending or posting obscene material with the intent to harm or cause fear; Criminal coercion through the threat of exposure or ridicule (blackmail); Extortion; Child endangerment by storing and/or maintaining child pornography; Sexual con…
Police & Fire
Student, 17, Who Made Saddle Brook School Threat Taken Into Custody
UPDATE: A 17-year-old Saddle Brook High/Middle School senior athlete who posted a threat on Snapchat was taken into custody by police and suspended from school, Mayor Robert White said Thursday. Police signed delinquency complaints against the boy -- whose identity wasn't disclosed because he's a minor -- charging him with making terroristic threats, cyber harassment and harassment. He also was dismissed from his volunteer as a junior firefighter with the township, authorities told Daily Voice. The action follows what the mayor called a "disturbing" Snapchat message that the boy posted on …
Police & Fire
Saddle Brook PD: 'No Credible Threat' From Student's Snapchat Post, Teen Taken Into Custody
UPDATE: A 17-year-old Saddle Brook High/Middle School senior athlete who posted a threat on Snapchat was taken into custody by police and suspended from school, Mayor Robert White said Thursday. Police signed delinquency complaints against the boy -- whose identity wasn't disclosed because he's a minor -- charging him with making terroristic threats, cyber harassment and harassment. He also was dismissed from his volunteer as a junior firefighter with the township, authorities told Daily Voice. The action follows what the mayor called a "disturbing" Snapchat message that the boy posted on …
Schools
Police: Franklin Teen Encouraged Elementary School Girl To Kill Herself
A male high school student from Franklin was arrested after encouraging a female elementary schooler to kill herself in response to her suicide awareness post on social media, said authorities who charged him. Franklin police did not release the name of the teenage male, who -- accompanied by his parents -- was arrested around 6 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Gregory M. Cugliari said. The arrest stemmed from a complaint of cyber harassment that came to patrol officers on Oct. 18, Cugliari said. The young girl reported that the teenager made "harassing and disparaging remarks encouraging su…
Police & Fire
Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO
A former Lyndhurst man who blames authorities for his wife’s death – and last year got into a standoff with police during a welfare check on their children -- was arrested in Fort Lee with his girlfriend over the weekend on charges of cyber harassment and violating a restraining order. Seized along with Lee Kenworthy, 41, was Samantha Brown, 27, both of Englewood, Fort Lee police said. Among court action that Kenworthy has taken against various people and agencies over the years is a wrongful death suit in Bergen County alleging a cover-up of what he claims was his late wife’s murder. Shay…
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Prosecutor: Animal Lover Who Sought Sex With Cows, Horses Vandalizes Farms
A judge in Sussex County ordered that a Vernon man remain jailed after authorities said he attacked local farms whose owners refused his requests to have sex with animals. Prosecutor said Richard Decker, 31, damaged vehicle tires and left "harassing messages" -- in one case threatening to beat a wife with a wooden stick -- when his requests were denied, the NJ Herald reports. That was enough to convince a Superior Court judge in Newton to order that Decker remain held in the Morris County Correctional Facility until a scheduled Nov. 4 hearing for a "pattern of unlawful conduct that pre…
Police & Fire
After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again
A year behind bars apparently made little difference to a convicted “compulsive and repetitive” cyber-stalker from Old Tappan who went after his victim yet again after being released, said authorities who seized him once more on Wednesday. Daniel G. Pfeiffer, 29, spent 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after being convicted of posting fake nude photos and creating bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated nearly seven years earlier. This came after three arrests for similar behavior over a two-year span. The unemployed salesman was released in late October. Bergen County Prosecu…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: USR Police Officer Busted For Waving Weapon, Compromising Internal Probe, More
An Upper Saddle River police officer was arrested Monday by Bergen County prosecutor's detectives who accused him of waving his weapon at someone in his car, compromising an internal affairs investigation and cyber harassment, among other offenses. Kyle Zyskowski, 34, of Ramsey "hindered a potential internal affairs investigation by encouraging a witness to destroy evidence," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Zyskowski also "revealed a resident’s domestic violence restraining order and other privileged information and that he conspired to harass and intimidate a witness" in…
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